Hi KittyPink! It seems from what you've said before that you don't/can't wear feminine clothing in public (true?). Do you think you could wear a bikini bottom under your swim shorts? Can you say what is bothersome about the swim shorts? As a cis person, I might be overstepping my bounds by trying t...

I don't like swimming in swim shorts, and swimming in guy stuff makes me really upset, any ideas?

Given I have the adaptability of dreaming of either complete fantasy or realistically with this, I could set parameters to test run some of that planning. Not to mention I could simulate it writing it out.

Well, while I'm looking for a place and saving the money up I'll either cohabituate or just crash at a friend's house. As far as setting that base, I just mean a general game plan. (Like where to go, or how to manage things like jobs and moving and college. Speaking of college, that's the fun part.....

My family is kinda not really an option, the only other idea would be seeing about maybe living with a friend's family. As far as planning, I need to catch-up with setting a base for the later years. (Oh, and how to move my finances to use savings to the best possible value.) That group probably isn...

Heather wrote:Do you want information about emancipation, or to talk about things you can start doing to make that possible for you in time?

I already looked at info for emancipation, it's not possible in my state, unless it's a special circumstance.

I wonder if you have tried visualizing -- or even just writing out, like a story -- your life after you are able to leave home. In other words, as much as this stinks, it is temporary, and there is a life for you on the other side of it that doesn't have to involve your family if they are going to ...

So, first of all, I have dreams where I'm female and dreams where I can't quite tell. But, I'm curious how some of you guys might dream when it comes to gender. As far as habits, I've noticed I used to cover myself after getting out of the shower when I was little and tuck down there between my thig...

Hi Kittypink, I'm so sorry she did that, and that she's done it enough times that it's normal for you. You deserve to live in a space where you're not being constantly antagonized, and it sucks that you don't. With the issues your having, can you tell us more about them? Is there something in parti...

I really am kind of used to it, when it happened consistently. But it caught me by surprise and I'm having issues. I'm also be compared to people who she went to school with. Including two gay, feminine guys; one of which brought a gun to the school because of him being bullied.

Beyond Magenta is a really neat book, if for no other reason than it tells the stories of trans and gender nonconforming youth by, you know, actually asking them to talk about their lives. I've started reading it to help with the petition, as I find the way to sway some emotionally deep-rooted peop...

Which includes several LGBT-themed books and even a book about Stonewall, which is great in itself. I actually am checking out a book, Beyond Magenta, for anyone who is familiar with it.

Thanks, the rest I should be able to handle for now.

What do you have as far as educational resources? And, anything to sway any swingers on this issue?

I have petition that's been printed out for quite some time just for it actually. (Haven't put it forward because some of my friends advised against it.) I've been considering pulling it out and going for it. Arranging meeting for it in my current situation will be difficult to present it to the dis...

Karyn wrote:It's an awful feeling to be reminded of scary or anxious moments: do you have any strategies for coping with anxiety when it happens?

Yeah, just I feel it's really stupid I have to deal with things like that due to impractical policies.

So, last school year, I had to change in the boys bathroom before I went home. (Which I disliked, throughly. Even though my friend offered to scout out the girls and let me go in there. The reason why I had to change was because it was the day we dressed up for the day of the show, which, by the way...

I've noticed my hair has got to the point in growing back out, (my mother made me cut it short, it was almost shoulder length too. :/ ) And the super cute, little, lazy curl is coming back! My butt always looks nice, but it's been looking a bit better recently. Also, my eyes, the color's always got ...

Are you finding that she responds to that argument in a positive way, or does it make her double down? It sounds like a plan for the future might be to delete any conversations where you talk about sex. Of course, that might not help if she demands it while you're texting, but it might head off a s...

Can you tell me a little more about your current point (also, how did she discover what you'd been texting about)? Well, basically what I'm telling her is to think in the middle. And how I'm doing that is saying that people say gay people are taking part in deviant behavior, so it's no different th...

Hi Kittypink, That seems to fit with her overall pattern of sucky, controlling behavior. Do you have any sense of what might cause her to lift that restriction so that you can get out of the house? Nope, I don't have a single idea, yet, at least. Other than just maybe trying to wait and stay firm o...

So, apparently my grandmother won't let me go out because of the fact I've texted about and taken part in some of my kinky interests. Which she considers "deviant behavior" and considers it wrong. She also compared it to choking myself for my own pleasure. (Which is far from what I'm into,...

I'm sure you're aware of this already, but in case it helps to hear it from someone else: there is a heck of a lot wrong with that site, and I'm sorry your mother has been using it as a source of information for her arguments. Unfortunately, it's often very hard to argue against transphobia and mis...

Also, she's basing part of her arguments with the gender stuff recently with this article: https://4thwavenow.com/2016/12/17/a-mum ... er-desist/

If you look up girls underwear you should get the same results, a child size 10-12 large in clothing is the same as a women's extra small. You might want to try a bralette which kind of like a cross between a padded bra and a sports bra or maybe try a camisole tank top undershirt which usually have...