Cleaned out closets/ 4 months on T

So yesterday was my 4 months on T mark; pretty cool, I know.  My voice continues to get lower.  I am starting to see the hair grow on my thighs as well as my upper lip (it really just looks like I need to shave, but when people look up close the hairs are long they are just really fine).  Obviously as my voice changes my singing range also changes, and I can now sing along with a lot of my favorite male led bands but some of the songs I know and love (that are female led bands) I need to sing it down the octave.

I took a big step the other day as well.  I got rid of all my old clothes.  I had some dresses (or skirts) here and there (for special occasions), female pants and shirts and I went through them all and they are now in bags just waiting to be donated.  It took me a lot longer to get around to it then I had thought it would but now it is done!  Lets see what I do next...

Surgery fund

So at the shop I put a jar on the front counter, and rather than putting "TIPS" on it I put "Surgery Fund".  I did that at the beginning of February and I actually have gotten more money than I thought I would have.  

But I really want to give a shout out to one of my friends, Josh.  We went out and he was asking how I was...I said I would be better if I had 8 grand so I could just get my surgery over with.  He looked at me and said "I'll give you a hundred."  I was slightly dumbfounded.  Times are hard (especially financially) and to have a friend just offer up a hundred dollars is incredibly moving.  He said he had no issue giving me the money because it was for the greater good.  

So surgery fund is officially starting...let's see how soon I can schedule my surgery....

Trans Awareness

We have groups like Nagly (North Shore Alliance Gay and Lesbian Youth [cool group of people]) and Gay Straight Alliances, some of which are accepting of trans people while others are not.  The problem is...how do trans people know where they will be accepted and how do they know they are not just going to be hearing about gay and lesbian life?  Don't get me wrong I don't think that there has to be a group that talks about trans issues or life 50% of the time.  It just seems as though there aren't many places that just have trans in the name you know?  For a noob in the trans community it can be hard to navigate I just wish it was a bit clearer.

Jokes

I like to think that I am a pretty easy going guy, but I realized something over the weekend: gender jokes (whether about me or not) are not something I keep a cool head about.  I don't know if that will always be the case but for right now I get all fired up.  I think it is probably because half the time I have people calling me a girl while the a quarter of the time people just openly stare at me trying to figure out my gender and then the other quarter of the time I get properly labeled as the gender I know myself to be...the last thing I want is to read or hear someone making a joke about gender.  Don't get me wrong dumb guy jokes and "women should be making me a sandwich" jokes don't bother me.  I don't know how to define the line and what crosses over it...but I am working on it.