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Contributor: butts butts
If you have/had one, what was your first? Did you go to your local GLBTQ center? Did you find a forum online? Just curious about where we started out This is open to anyone, MtF, FtM, genderqueer, whatever, even if you don't consider yourself exactly "trans".



Strangely enough, mine was on Gaia Online back when I was in junior high Most of the people I knew on there have now moved onto Tumblr, it's kinda fun to watch us all grow up!
04/29/2012
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Contributor: Schattenstern Schattenstern
YouTube and Tumblr all the way! Plus my cisgender friends at school and stuff are totally supportive.
04/29/2012
Contributor: Willowe Willowe
Definitely Tumblr. It's the only support group I've ever found that I was actually comfortable with.
04/29/2012
Contributor: MasonM MasonM
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Originally posted by butts
If you have/had one, what was your first? Did you go to your local GLBTQ center? Did you find a forum online? Just curious about where we started out This is open to anyone, MtF, FtM, genderqueer, whatever, even if you don't consider yourself ... more
The closest that I have are friends on Tumblr or World of Warcraft.
04/29/2012
Contributor: butts butts
Everyone is on Tumblr? hahah it's really strange how many transfolk are on there.
04/30/2012
Contributor: scaredlittleboy scaredlittleboy
my first meatspace trans-specific one was really uncomfortable; they were all sooooo much older than me.
05/01/2012
Contributor: butts butts
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Originally posted by scaredlittleboy
my first meatspace trans-specific one was really uncomfortable; they were all sooooo much older than me.
Meatspace?
05/01/2012
Contributor: Voir Voir
Uhh didn't really find a support group at all XD just sort of looked up information and found a lot of helpful information from articles on Tumblr and google search....
there isn't a LGBTQ center where I live... there are a couple of small groups that used to meet but... none of the contact information they have still works so there is essentially nothing "supportive" in my area... except for a couple of Gay/Lesbian Therapists that work inner city. Or that's what the contact described them as...
05/01/2012
Contributor: Youssii Youssii
The Queer Youth Network was my first. It's sort of died out a bit but it use to be brilliant.
05/02/2012
Contributor: TakeHimAway TakeHimAway
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Originally posted by butts
If you have/had one, what was your first? Did you go to your local GLBTQ center? Did you find a forum online? Just curious about where we started out This is open to anyone, MtF, FtM, genderqueer, whatever, even if you don't consider yourself ... more
I made my own, which is now defunct, but had a good three year run, and I still talk to some of the guys I met on there on occasion, and I fell in love with a girl from there, and we've been on and off for about two and a half years now, and live very close to each other now.
05/08/2012
Contributor: thisisadeletedaccount thisisadeletedaccount
YouTube and Tumblr were the first places where I found support - I am now part of an awesome club at my college that's for students on the trans* spectrum (and questioning folks) , so that's one of my main support groups now.
05/17/2012
Contributor: Leo.boi Leo.boi
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Originally posted by butts
If you have/had one, what was your first? Did you go to your local GLBTQ center? Did you find a forum online? Just curious about where we started out This is open to anyone, MtF, FtM, genderqueer, whatever, even if you don't consider yourself ... more
YouTube. First in person was at a very supportive church group actually. Who knew?
05/25/2012
Contributor: vitriolicvertigo vitriolicvertigo
Tumblr, for real.
I don't know many trans* folks IRL.
05/30/2012
Contributor: neffingnuts neffingnuts
Well I don't really remember the online one. But I started a support group for trans* youth in the area through my LGBTQ youth group.
06/02/2012
Contributor: Selene Selene
The first group I went to was just one at a furry convention that pushed the idea that my insecurity about going full-time meant I was a fake... Then the one at my school, LGBT, refused to acknowledge me as a woman, and told me to my face I was just a man. So I stuck with just my friends, all the support I could ask for.
06/03/2012
Contributor: sodapin sodapin
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Originally posted by butts
If you have/had one, what was your first? Did you go to your local GLBTQ center? Did you find a forum online? Just curious about where we started out This is open to anyone, MtF, FtM, genderqueer, whatever, even if you don't consider yourself ... more
youtube and Susan's
06/09/2012