So this month will be the start of my journey to woman. The road map has been carefully laid out, thought out, and well planned as best as any transgender woman could ask for... so what better way to embark with a new tattoo! I'll be posting the pics of mine tomorrow if possible but this got me to wondering.... who else has marked the start of their journey... if so can you please share what you did?
♥franchesca
Hi Franchesca,
When I decided to go the route of synthetic HRT, I also went a little crazy and got a nice tattoo, but not specifically to mark the occasion. It was more to mark my liberation. I have been thinking about what to do about these milestones, but I think there are only a few dates that are really important. For me they are:
The day you made the choice.
The day you come out to your immediate family.
The day you come out at work.
The day you start synthetic HRT.
The day you change your name.
The day you get a target gender passport/ID.
and if/where applicable the day you have GRS and are reborn.
Some have been low key affairs that I have shared here, or with friends or both. Some I just Journal about. Others will be parties or celebrations.
Arielle
(08-09-2014, 02:56 AM)Arielle Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Franchesca,
When I decided to go the route of synthetic HRT, I also went a little crazy and got a nice tattoo, but not specifically to mark the occasion. It was more to mark my liberation. I have been thinking about what to do about these milestones, but I think there are only a few dates that are really important. For me they are:
The day you made the choice.
The day you come out to your immediate family.
The day you come out at work.
The day you start synthetic HRT.
The day you change your name.
The day you get a target gender passport/ID.
and if/where applicable the day you have GRS and are reborn.
Some have been low key affairs that I have shared here, or with friends or both. Some I just Journal about. Others will be parties or celebrations.
Arielle
Having spent a long time finding out where I was going, and doing it largely in the shadows, I found that going to the SCC conference in Atlanta was an immensely liberating experience, and celebrated yesterday by travelling back to Canada en femme (which was a bit of an anticlimax since no one seemed to take a blind bit of notice of me, except the immigration officer who suggested I should get 'target gender passport/ ID').
(08-09-2014, 11:46 AM)AnnieBL Wrote: [ -> ] (08-09-2014, 02:56 AM)Arielle Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Franchesca,
When I decided to go the route of synthetic HRT, I also went a little crazy and got a nice tattoo, but not specifically to mark the occasion. It was more to mark my liberation. I have been thinking about what to do about these milestones, but I think there are only a few dates that are really important. For me they are:
The day you made the choice.
The day you come out to your immediate family.
The day you come out at work.
The day you start synthetic HRT.
The day you change your name.
The day you get a target gender passport/ID.
and if/where applicable the day you have GRS and are reborn.
Some have been low key affairs that I have shared here, or with friends or both. Some I just Journal about. Others will be parties or celebrations.
Arielle
Having spent a long time finding out where I was going, and doing it largely in the shadows, I found that going to the SCC conference in Atlanta was an immensely liberating experience, and celebrated yesterday by travelling back to Canada en femme (which was a bit of an anticlimax since no one seemed to take a blind bit of notice of me, except the immigration officer who suggested I should get 'target gender passport/ ID').
Hi from me too Franchesca,
I have not yet marked the start of my journey quite so distinctly but I can say I received my Heather credit card and taken steps to obtain an appropriate passport . Whilst I have not yet been approved for HRT by my doctor progress has commenced.
Annie & Arielle you two looked unbelievably gorgeous on the group photo in Atlanta, now that's what I call marking your journey. So well done.
Love
Heather
XOXOXO