I have been laughing for five minutes straight ahaha Well not so "straight" but you catch my drift. ;) Congrats on finding your inner truth, it's NEVER too late for that. All the best for you, my friend.
Hahaha thank you! Glad someone thought that was funny! It's extremely liberating to not have to worry about binding anymore. Though even not having tiddies weighing me down, I still have back problems regardless, haha! Cursed forever with bad posture.
Update: I have had the surgery!
I am on pain meds that make me woogy and in pain.
But it's done and I'm so happy.
Yay, CONGRATS!!! I'm so happy for you, especially with all you had to go through before getting it. Wishing you a safe recovery!
Wow! super excited and happy for you!!
The… surgery was cancelled... because I got COVID...
OH NO I'M SO SORRY!!! Please take care of yourself!
Oh, hello fellow transman~
I started T with gel, and only switched to shots when the gel got temporarily unavailable. I had my doctor give it to me, and let me tell you, I'm glad I've been back on gel for a while now. Having to visit the doctor's office every month, then getting stabbed in the arse for a solid minute is anything but pleasant, haha.
As for facial hair, my end goal is a bitchin' moustache. Someday~ Luckily my facial hair is starting to really get going, which is just as well, because my body hair has been running laps around it in the meantime. Not that I mind, but it's funny how hairy I've gotten all over.
Ah top surgery. It's been 2 and half years since mine I believe, and I still get surprised sometimes how awesome it feels. Not having to bother with bras or a binder first thing in the morning is liberating. Especially in the summer, let me tell you.
Yes, hello! I believe in the power of your mustache! It's been your signature thing since I've known you on here, it just has to happen!
When I was still doing the shots, there were days where I wished I could go into the doc's office to have them do it, but this was during quarantine, so that wasn't happening. I just made myself suck it up and deal with it, whether it bled like crazy or not. More than grateful that my doctor allowed me to switch to the gel. I opted for higher doses since my T levels are not high enough, so she recommended 2 packets a day. Been noticing a bit more solid definition in my traps and arms, as well as emerging facial hair and a bit of chest hair, finally!
I'm really stoked about yeeting my teats, I plan on doing Zoro cosplays again once I get my fat ass into shape, (pandemic has done a number on my mental health and motivation…). It's been great being able to fit into shirts that would've looked weird when I had tits. Hips and ass, on the other hand... I just have to embrace being a big booty Latino man.
Drump is just trying to stay relevant, when he will only become the occasional new 'Florida Man'.
We all love the Bernie memes, but how 'bout a little love for Michelle?
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I love this one. Michelle Obama is such an icon.
I'll be 37 in like 2 weeks. People often mistake me for mid 20s for some reason. I usually respond with the classic John Mulaney line of "I don't look older, I just look WORSE." Started reading One Piece in 2003, joined APF in 2005. It's so interesting being on here as long as some forum members' lifetimes! I feel like such an old man. Also nice to see there are at least a few over 30 folks on here! Wish I knew who that one 70 year old member was.
Hey everyone! So in the last couple of years, I've been going through what I eventually figured out was gender dysphoria. To the point where I got so uncomfortable in my own body that I was having mental breakdowns for seemingly no reason. I identified as nonbinary for a while and that seemed to feel pretty good. But being called a girl was starting to feel so very wrong.
September 2019, I finally realized that I was trans. Everything started to make sense. I started getting into the idea of using They/He pronouns, I hadn't come out to my mom at the time. I started taking T around October that year, started micro dosing and eventually decided to increase the doses. (Needles are terrifying!) I was so scared to come out to my mom and dad, like they were gonna disown me or something. Anyway, right before New Year's, my mother came to visit me from Texas (I live in Oregon), and I had plans to come out to her, and it honestly went better than I thought, but not the greatest outcome. I finally felt safe to come out in general, by this time being more comfortable with using He/Him pronouns. She took it well, but still misgenders me, less so now. She is definitely getting better about just using my preferred name vs my dead name.
After a year of doing the weekly shots, I finally switched to using the gel, a topical that gets applied daily. I've been liking it more (less pain and less anxiety and me waiting with a needle hovering over my stomach for hours before finally getting it done…). Really excited to start seeing a bit more muscle mass as well as facial hair starting to happen. Hoping to have sideburns! (I doubt anyone here will remember back in the day how I was obsessed with guys that had sideburns... I blame Zoro, lmfao)
I had top surgery last May, and that was the most relieving thing ever! First week was pure hell, and it sucked not being able to lift heavy for a while, but the timing was definitely interesting considering the pandemic. I was able to get back to working about a month later, right around when Portland opened up again.
It definitely feels interesting going through puberty again in my late 30's.
I just got approved for gender affirming surgery. It's not GRS, but it's something I've been very sensitive about for a long time that I don't know if I want to specify thanks to that sensitivity but I have a SURGERY DATE so I'm getting it fixed!!
January 6th!!!
I am SO excited! (And also a little nervous)
Ahhh that's really exciting! Congrats! Surgeries are so nerve racking but you got this!
Bought Soul Calibur 2 for the PS2 recently, so I've been replaying that. Feels nice that most of the moves still come so naturally. I miss the days when you actually had to play the game to earn characters and extra stuff.
Also saw that King of Fighters XIV was on sale so I decided to get it as well. I saw a ton of people complaining about it, but honestly, as a long time KOF fanboy, I am actually enjoying it. Gameplay feels similar to the older 2D games, though it feels more simplified. The smashing of the LP to activate comboed special moves feels like it could get very cheap very fast. Huge roster of characters, which I always appreciate. Sad at the lack of May Lee and Shermie.
@Johnny:
The full set comes April 12th.
I just bought the Special edition and I didn't see Blue Mary in there, guessing she is only a DLC? Excited to see her return!
Aside from the clear incentive of doing the right thing, aren't there fines for such businesses? Here in Hungary it is mandated by the state that shops and services has to enforce a mask policy. If the client doesn't comply, they must refuse service or even call the authorities. And they do, because they want to save their own hides of course.
Not that Hungary is the best example of Covid-related solutions, but we at least have this.
Yeah, that’s what is supposed to happen here, but idk how hard Oregon cracks down on that. Hell, my salon got a shitty review once because someone forgot to take their temperature or they weren’t sure the tablet to check in was sanitized. So people do pay attention to businesses following COVID protocol. You would think that enough people posting google reviews that a place is not being safe during this pandemic that it would get flagged. Literally 3 months ago someone posted that at that same location there were multiple customers that decided it was okay to remove their masks because the owner was not wearing hers. Ugh.
Still thinking you’re Die Hard,Bruce?
Oh great, yet another entitled white man. I don't understand the logic of anti-maskers. It's like they can't stand to be told what to do, and continue to act like they are above the law. Even a bandana is better than nothing, FFS.
On a slightly related note, I have stopped supporting businesses that are not enforcing wearing masks. We went into a magic shop that's supposed to be the best in Portland and the woman that runs it wasn't even wearing a mask and has apparently been like this throughout the entire pandemic. There were too many people in the shop and a few were also not wearing their masks. We quickly left. How on earth she still has her business license is beyond me, but I left a nasty google review because fuck that.
