I came out to my parents a few weeks ago but telling my inlaws is proving to be much more difficult. My wife's mother and her husband are both nice enough, but I don't speak to them often. Her dad and I are civil enough to eachother when he comes to visit, but we aren't on great terms. In both cases...

All this talk about clothes is a bit, well..something. I don't think it's the place of any nurse or Dr to tell you what you should/shouldn't wear. Remember, plenty of women wear jeans and T-shirts too, however, it's easy to feminise that too with accessories like scarves, earings even shoes. It's a...

I suppose I'm still struggling with the usual self-criticism. I look in the mirror and I see a man, and I'm trying to figure out what parts of me I need to change to make that vision go away so I can just get on with my life. Makeup helps a lot, but since my hair is still growing out my overall appe...

My first couple of appointments were very much androgynous, and though I could say "I'm wearing 100% women's clothing", that women's clothing consisted of jeans and a tee shirt. When during all this did you adopt a bra? I'd imagine that would be the defining moment of social transition; the additio...

Looking at the post you linked to: The letter from your doctor must be similar to that shown below. It must state that the change you are undergoing is permanent. How would my GP be able to state that when I'm still awaiting an official diagnosis? Will that not matter to them? The whole system they ...