Question by : What advise do women have for a male transitioning to female?

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Answer by Esme
It must be a really difficult for people doing this, and I have real empathy for you guys.

Sometimes I think people go into it because they don’t feel accepted and they think “of only I was female I wouldn’t have these problem”. Just being a different gender is never going to solve all you problems. You’ll still look in the mirror and see the same old face looking back, maybe with a bit less hair.

I think a lot of people expect everything to be ok- for everything to feel right- once they’ve made the change, but for a lot of people changing gender brings a whole new set of problems. Very few transsexuals actually look like the gender they are trying to become.

I would advise anyone thinking about this to give themselves plenty of time. Get to know yourself better and learn to love yourself as you are. There is no one way of being male. You can be male and like things that woman stereotypically like.

I don’t agree with anyone going under the knife for non medical reasons. Stop trying to be someone else and thinking the grass is greener on the other side- love yourself as you are.

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