Just wondering what moments of gender euphoria or joy you have experienced, was hoping we all might enjoy hearing some positive stories!
I’ll start: today, I went to my laser hair removal place to reschedule an appointment and nobody was at the front desk, and after waiting for a while I went to use the ladies room and ran into a woman even taller than me who immediately called me gorgeous and then proceeded to compliment my makeup, earrings, and hair. I was like a deer in the headlights, simply stunned as if I had slipped into an alternate universe where this complete stranger was actually a close friend and I had forgotten. Nobody is that nice to me, let alone a stranger.
Anyway, women can be so wonderful, and this moment made me grateful to be a woman. 😊
Update!
So I saw the psychiatrist. I have to write three pages on “why I want to be a girl”, visit the clinic regularly to check I’m still presenting fem, and then in six months if I haven’t changed my mind I get my permission slip. Oh, and I have to visit urology so they can look in my pants. Then I get to join the hospital wait list…
Pretty dumb, but as hoops to jump through go, it could be a lot worse.
That’s too much gatekeeping for sure, but at least it seems like those are hoops you can jump through - wishing you luck with the urology visit!
Have you talked to any other trans women have been through this process, who have written the three pages for a psychiatrist, etc.? It might be helpful for anticipating curve-balls they might throw at you, esp. in case they operate under outdated care procedures like the Benjamin Rules.
Good idea!