Are you the only transgender around your family/group of friends? If not, does it help having others around you if you're going through a transition or just with being trans in general?
Are you the only?
Vallin Sfas
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I'm the only transamourist/paratrex ual in my family and social circle, other than my online trans-girlfriends. I don't discuss my affections with non-LGBT friends and family because they're just not that interested. I do have one friend who is LGBT-friendly, and I can talk to him about it. I'm trying to reach out to the LGBT community in Atlanta, but not making much progress on a personal level. Transportation is part of the problem.
Originally posted by
klyte
Are you the only transgender around your family/group of friends? If not, does it help having others around you if you're going through a transition or just with being trans in general?
12/06/2011
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Most of my close friends are trans*. It helps in the sense that we all go through the same general issues, but we're all at different parts of the spectrum (I'm genderqueer/fluid, I have a few ftm friends, an intersex friend, and a mtf friend) so we can't really help each other through the specifics of transitioning, which we get upset about and wish was different. I'd say it definitely helps in general though.
Originally posted by
klyte
Are you the only transgender around your family/group of friends? If not, does it help having others around you if you're going through a transition or just with being trans in general?
03/05/2012
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I'm the only transgender in my highly homophobic/transphobic family, which is why I haven't come out to them, much to my chagrin. I hate living as a female around them when I've gotten so used to living as a male otherwise.
Originally posted by
klyte
Are you the only transgender around your family/group of friends? If not, does it help having others around you if you're going through a transition or just with being trans in general?
03/08/2012
I live about 20 minutes from a semi-liberal college, and I have a few friends from there. But by far I am the only real gender-bending person at my high school. It gets kind of hard some days when I can't even talk to my teachers or school counselor, but usually I can talk to a friend. My girlfriend is super supportive, and I talk to her about it on the phone a lot.
04/21/2012
I do live in the bay area but most of my friends are trans or queer. I'm from a small town though, so for my family and a lot of old friends I'm the only trans person they know. It helps to have both because when I'm stressed out trying to explain things to people back home I can spend time with people here who already get it.
04/28/2012
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