I Am Transgender

I have finally taken the first steps to living my real life. Up until this point, I had to keep hidden the fact that I was a girl trapped in a boy's body. I always felt like I was wrong and I was miserable my whole life until now...

It was about this time eight years ago that I first questioned my gender. I had the desire to be a woman. I never had any such desires as child nor had I ever put an article of women's clothing. I wondered what was going on.

All this...

Hello this is not something you can turn off and on like a light switch. Once the light is on and for me I was nine when it went on it is on for life. Deep down inside your soul you are trans you are a woman. Some times you try to...

I was young when I first started dressing. My parents have a picture of me at 2 wearing my sisters slip. I would always play dress up and dolls with a neighbor girl. My parents thought it was just a phase that would pass. When I...

When I was about five or six I started playing with my older sister's Barbies and other dolls. I also started trying on her clothes. She thought it was funny and when her friends came over they dressed me up in her older, smaller...

9 years ago(Shortly after I came out to my wife) my High School class was having their 30Th reunion. I'd recently read about another gurl who had attended hers as her femme self and in a moment of bravery decided to do the same. I...

So many here seem in childhood to have had some understanding of their true self and accepted it. I read about those who only suffered from the treatment of everyone around them that refused to understand and accept them. We seem to...

I do have a fear of being outed. I am very careful. I know its my fault. I should just come out. I will get there. This is the year, but on my terms. The shame is me feeling comfortable sharing with people all over the world, but...

I’ve been wonder about myself for sometime now that I am transgender.  I always had an attraction for the female dress and form for as long as I can remember.  With me it started when I was about five or six years old...

I never liked titles or categories. I was taught from a very young age that everyone is different and everyone deserves a chance. Although I am proud that I am a transgendered girl, all I want to be is a girl. plain and simple. From as...

The one little word that ruins every conversation I have with people. Whether it's making friends, or going after someone I like. We could be talking for hours, having a great time, and really start to have a connection, but then I...

Recently, I was asked this question....How did it feel to be growing up with a boy's body and feeling like you were a girl? It is a good question. The easiest answer is to say MISERABLE! But, there is a lot more to it than just feeling...

The first 12 years of my life were typical of a young boy growing up in the fifties and early sixties.The youngest of 3 kids, by the time I was in my early teens,I was pretty much left to my own devices once school was over.Why I...

Or boyfriend if you're so inclined. ;)

What's nice about this advice is that a lot of it pertains to getting a relationship even for cisgendered people. However, I will not pretend like I did not strike gold or aren't very lucky, cause...

Happy Mother's Day to all of you reading this!

Every year here in Cyrsti's Condo, the day gives me a chance to pause and collect my thoughts about the most important person in my life. She birthed and raised me of course but I was a...

I’ve been asking myself, am I too old to transition?  I think it’s a fair and honest question.  There are certain realities to which I must admit.  First, I am sixty-one years old.  I don’t feel it and I hope I don’t look it...

I am fortunate to have received quite a bit of intelligent feedback on the "Victim" post here in Cyrsti's Condo and from outside friends. The post actually came from Helen Boyd's "En Gender" blog.

The first comes from Paula Gee: " It...