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Any other F2M here? (Any level of it)(r/asktransgender)
There are a few of us here, yeah, but there are other places with a LOT more guys that you should definitely check out. Come chat at ftmichael.transboys.info/yayforqueers.html . 🙂 And spend a lot of time with the links below. ftm.livejournal.com/ is another particularly excellent place to connect with guys who’ve been there.
Take your time with these links; getting through them is not a race, and going through them slowly is a better idea anyway.
- imatyfa.org/
- tranifesto.org/
- transfamily.com/
- trans-health.org/
- transbucket.com/
- forum.trueselves.com/
- ftm.livejournal.com/tag/
- transkidspurplerainbow.org/
- t-vox.org/ – resource/info central
- community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=266
- t-vox.org/index.php?title=Online_Support
- t-vox.org/index.php?title=Support_groups
- t-vox.org/index.php?title=Therapists_by_region
- safeschoolscoalition.org/whydontyoutellthem.pdf
- ftmichael.transboys.info/yayforqueers.html – come chat!
- groups.yahoo.com/group/njkidst-net/ – for Trans folks 18 and under, if you are
- youtube.com/watch?v=vPBLYBIo0uw – ten-minute YouTube on coming out as FTM
- groups.yahoo.com/group/teentransman/ – for Trans guys 25 and under, if you are
- youtube.com/theftmteam – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/theftmroom – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/itsttime2010 – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/ftmkickstart – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/ftmtelevision – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/ftmtranstastic – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/transguysunite – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/genderqueerchat – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/welcometoourworldftm – keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
- youtube.com/watch?v=gukzQ5eLrVc – the Trans Enough Project. An inspiring and empowering video.
- youtube.com/watch?v=IHAruoOm4w4 – Trans activist Jamison Green reflects on transitioning, 18 years after he began
Must-reads if you can get hold of them:
- Luna by Julie Anne Peters (YA fiction)
- Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger (YA fiction)
- Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
- The Transgender Child by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper
- Just Add Hormones by Matt Kailey (author of the above-mentioned Tranifesto)
- Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, edited by S. Bear Bergman and Kate Bornstein
- Trans Forming Families, edited by Mary Boenke (third edition, 2008) – available from PFLAG’s Transgender Network for $10 US
- The Our Trans Children leaflet (sixth edition) – available from PFLAG’s Transgender Network for $2 US, or you can save and print it yourself for free. The booklet is their only source of revenue, so if you can pay for it, please do!
- TransGeneration (Ignore what Lucas says in the first episode about hormones being “very dangerous” – they’re not, not if you get them through a competent doctor and have regular – which usually means annual – bloodwork, and that was irresponsible of him to say.)
(The books, aside from Trans Forming Families, can be ordered on Amazon or you can get the ISBNs from Amazon and bring them to any bookstore to order them. The DVD can be ordered on Amazon also, as you see from the link.)