[Samantha Rogers]

Well, Flame, thats the problem with terms, in that language evolves. English is a living language in that it is constantly changing through common usage, unlike French where they are very particular about changes. My point is that the nature of the term has changed. There was a time not too very long past, when the only way to gain official apprival for hormone use was by first demostrating committment to full transition and spending a full year living 24/7 en femme. And the administration of homone therapy was seen officially as a step toward SRS exclusively. This was madness of course. Many were hurt by this close minded approach. But in that context, using the term "transitioning" to refer to the process made sense, because HRT was always a transition to female. Now, however, it has been recognised by most in the professional fields and elsewhere that for many HRT is not a transitional phase but for many an end unto itself. However, on this board and most all other TG boards I have seen, "transitioning" is now thrown around by different people each meaning something different. Some refer to it as meaning the path to SRS but others do not. My point is that once you begin changing your hormonal balance, whether by pharma HRT, or by herbal HRT, you are in essence changing, or "transitiining" from one state to another.
I just like to keep terminology honest.