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- From: hackbod@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (Dianne Hackborn)
- Newsgroups: alt.transgendered
- Subject: Sex and Therapists (was Re: Tough questions.)
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- Date: 15 Nov 92 23:51:35 GMT
- References: <SCG.92Nov14214522@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1e4qqgINNnpa@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <SCG.92Nov15153606@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- One book that I would highly recommend for a broader view of "What
- Is A Transsexual" is:
-
- "The Uninvited Dilemma" by Kim Elizabeth Stuart
- ISBN: 1-55552-013-8
- Published by:
- Metamporphous Press
- P.O. Box 10616
- Portland, OR 97210-0616
-
- [Yep, right here in little 'ol Oregon. :)]
-
- I got my copy through IFGE.
-
- One very interesting quote (from page 43):
- "Among the male-to-female transsexuals I interviewed, eighty-seven
- percent told me they had some form of sexual arousal when they dressed
- in female clothing, at least at some point in their lives. Others
- continued to have sexual stimulation until they started taking
- estrogenic hormones."
-
- scg@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kelly) writes:
- >>>Unfortuantely, the psychiatric establishment often makes you do so if
- >>>you want do anything about it. :(
- >
- >>I haven't really encountered that. I first started seeing a
- >>psychologist while I was home this summer, and I told her up front
- >>that the main reason I was seeing her was because that's what you
- >>need to do to get approval for hormones, etc. She never made me feel
- >>like I had anthing to prove and allowed to me talk freely about all
- >>of the doubts and questions I had. [And don't get the wrong
- >>impression about my saying that I was mostly seeing her to get
- >>approval -- I had a LOT of doubts and questions. :)]
- >
- >I'm tempted to take this tack when I go in for counseling (Nov.
- >24th).... at this point I have pretty much accepted the fact that I
- >am TS and nearly need to determine now what I am going to do about it.
-
- I don't want to give the impression that this was any "plan" that I
- had to make her believe I am TS. I had decided that telling my
- therapist the complete truth was _the_ most important thing, both just
- in case there was some Major Thing that I was over-looking and so that
- she would actually be able to help me. It just so happened that what
- I told her _was_ the truth. :) [At least that was my initial reason
- for seeing her. There turned out to be a lot of other good reasons to
- see her. :)]
-
- >>Actually, when I first started seeing her I told her I was planning
- >>on transitioning during Spring break... then we started talking about
- >>doing it at Christmas break. However, I realized in a little while
- >>that it would just be too soon and told her that I would rather wait
- >>until spring. She replied that that was fine, but if I later decided
- >>to wait until summer, "we would have to have a _serious_ talk." :)
- >
- >I want to transition soon (the target I had was May of 1993), but my
- >wife is insisting on a gradual process... so it might be a few years
- >before I can.
-
- "Gradual" all depends on your perspective. :) I don't know if I'm
- going slow or fast - I'll be transitioning almost exactly one year
- after I was first able to tell someone about myself... which seems kind
- of fast. On the other hand, I spent many many years before that calling
- myself a "latent transsexual" [don't ask. :)] and admitting that I'll
- probably "have to do something at some point", but being unable to
- imagine myself ever actually doing this... At any rate, I'm just
- going at the speed I'm comfortable with.
-
- >>Darn money... But one day, I promise, I will own a corset. ;)
- >
- >Ooooh, don't tempt me. :)
-
- Ahhhh... but you can always fantasize... :)
-
- >>>Oh well. I just had to reply because I felt such a connection to
- >>>Dianne I couldn't let it go by unsaid. Long lost sister, maybe?
- >>>*grin*
- >
- >>Perhaps, sis. :) *hug*
- >
- >You too. *hugs* Too bad you're too far away for real ones. :(
-
- Yeah, the Fundamental Problem with the net. :/ *hug*
-
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