Crossdressing, Transgender & Allies Discussion: New Look, Same Dysphoria - General

I'm trying to get to Florida to work in the themed entertainment industry. Either in things like props fabrication or merchandising design. Whatever I can find. I'll probably settle for a normal part time job away from theme parks but the closer I am to them, the more likely they'll consider applications for full time positions.

That actually sounds pretty rad. Assuming you're trying to aim for the big figures like Universal or Disney? Also I hope you enjoy rain and humidity

Yeah Universal and Disney are ideal haha. But there's also Sea World which I wouldn't mind in the interim. And I'm from South Texas not too far from the coast so we already get rain and humidity here. The climates are actually not too different besides me being a little too inland right now to suffer from hurricanes very often lol. But I figure as long as I prepare for the worst weather-wise when I'm down there, it won't be too bad.

Ohhh. I was Bell county area, so I got hot-ass heat and really angry fucking rain. Survived a tornado and decided that was enough adventure for a lifetime. Hopefully you dodge the hurricanes over in Florida when you go. I also totally forgot Sea World was actually a thing. Whoopsie

I'm going to be the stereotypical trans programmer :v

Anyone got some good voice-training videos to recommend? I think I'm getting to the point where I'm ready to try it out, and also I'm not living near anyone who would get Annoyed with me Making Noises All the Time.

That's a stereotype? Oh jeez, I wanted to do work in infosec a couple of weeks after I began my transitioning.

If not a stereotype then a very common inside joke I see often.

I don't know how to program DICK, but that is a profession that I know a lot more people are getting into than I used to.

I didn't even know it was a thing. Oh god, it's all written in our genetics. I'm kinda okay with this because I enjoy computers sooooo

so far all I know is MATLAB, insert joke about that. I'm going to learn Python and then probably C# because it's hot shit these days

Python is pretty rad. Teaching myself that and its super easy to get into. Have fun! And I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything by it :c

no, that wasn't directed at you! Sorry :c

Oh! Well still. https://files.facepunch.com/garry/2017/10/23/heavy-black-heart_2764.png indexes start at 1 thems fightin words missy

I think I know what I want to do with my tax refund. Make the appointment for HRT.

In MATLAB indexes start at 1 and it's a goddamn hell nighmare to deal with. Even though it's the first language I learned, it's still horribly unintuitive to me and every single program I ever wrote probably had an off-by-1 error in the array.

That goes against everything I've learned about indices. I mean, I understand why (because who naturally counts from 0 anymore?) but still! That makes me frumpy >:c

Planned Parenthood has a sliding scale based off your income so be honest about that and they can work with you.

Be sure to review if your state even has that kind of service in terms of PP. A majority of them do, but places like Florida or Pennsylvania do not. Two cities and I have to go out of state for this. Mrf.

I'm lucky enough to get my HRT 100% free on medicaid (I'm in Montana) and was able to get on it after 6 months of handling mental issues I had.

Hello o/

See if you have an LGBT center near you too. I assume it's similar to PP. With my minimum wage part time job ($12/h and 25 hours a week), they put me on the sliding scale, and it only ended up being a $20 copay per visit and around $25 for a 3 month supply of Estradiol, Vitamin D, and Spiro. You don't even go in very often. The first time is for a consultation and bloodwork, the next is for a followup to talk over the results and for your prescription, followed by more bloodwork around two weeks in to make sure nothing weird is happening with your body, and then finally you go back every three months or so for more bloodwork and to renew or readjust your prescription. As long as you can set aside a dollar or so a day, it's 100% doable!

That sucks you had to go through that :c Please be careful out there. Do you have anyone you can trust to walk with you if you can? All else fails, avoid that section if you can, but I don't know how plausible that is.

Carry a two handed longsword, if I ever got hit by a girlifying ray and was stuck in a female body that is probably what I would do.

I'm sorry, I assumed you were walking. I don't take trains and they already give me the creeps, so I avoid them like the plague. no one should have to go through that :c

Perhaps it would be sensible to invent an ass taser that automatically zaps anyone who touches it other than the recipient.

Harassment is honestly one of the things that made me go through a high school/early college "manly" phase. The less I looked/acted like/presented myself as a woman, the less shit I got from passing guys so I just kind of kept doing it. Ended up feeling a lot more happy when I was presenting that way so it kind of fed into the current thing I'm in now. But yeah harassment sucks when it does happen. One thing that I learned to do was pretend I was on the phone talking to someone else. Most guys shut up because they didn't want someone else to hear what they were doing. Alternatively, if you're the aggressive type, you could always try out-weirding them. But that takes a lot of boldness and confidence that I don't know many people would have lol. But in truth, it really is helpful to carry some kind of object with you like an umbrella or something that could be used as a threat. I have this thing: https://awesomestuff365.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Cat-Ears-Self-Defense-Keychains.jpg Just walking around with it on my hand is enough for most people to leave me the hell alone. The ears are sharp and can do some damage. (Obviously I can't take them onto planes or anything lmao but for just walking around the city, they work.) Worst case, you can always just pretend you didn't hear them. Takes the wind out of a lot of sails when you blatantly ignore them. They're looking for a reaction more often than not.

Hello everyone. I need advice or pointers or something as I'm admittedly a cis white guy and only know so much about trans/etc including the medical red tape behind it. My SO is non-binary and without getting too detailed for the sake of their privacy, dealing with alot of medical red tape bullshit between a slow ass, unwilling doctor and insurance BS. They've been fighting all this to go for the next steps in their transition after HRT but will little movement. It pains me to see them struggle and breakdown when I don't know what more I can do other than emotional support. I've tried doing my research into the proceedings to see what I can do to help them with all the red tape but I don't know where I can begin to help. They've been digging between different support groups and the insurance's trans group for more info but they feel trapped. Really anything is appreciated as dear god I love my partner and I want to help them however I can...

What state are you in for starters, I'll try and tell you what I can.

GA, On HRT, wanting surgery.