My Favorite Things About Being Trans

So a friend (thanks WD!) sent me Annika and Sebastian's youtube video about the best things about being trans. I really like that question because I don't see transition as this doom and gloom super sad thing. I embraced it and I feel so much happier now than I did pre-transition. So, feel free to make a response video or comment or comment on their video, it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CPRpGnHYTSw

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[montyollie]

Also re: the invisible thing. OMG so true. I have lived in female skin all my life, and I work with all men and I am constantly ignored.  I have a VERY big mouth too, also am VERY smart, but it doesn't matter. It blows my mind.

[MeghansLife]

@montyollie Monty, it's so crazy. I really, really hope that I didn't do that pre-transition. I don't think I did, but wow, what a terrible way to treat someone!

[Whitedoggy24]

Yes, being seen as a woman by others means constantly having to prove that you are worthy of being heard. It's nauseating because it's all just a shell of who we are. I'm a transman and still living as a woman currently. Being belittled because of my bodied gender is something that gets to me more than any other hardship because of the fact that it's not accurate AND I'm being disrespected. I know that you get it already, but I'm just commenting on this topic.

[MeghansLife]

@Whitedoggy24 That must be really hard on you, doggy :( Gender dynamic and differences can really exacerbate the gender issues we face sometimes, I think.

[NaomiClareNL]

Have yet to find anything worthwile in transition. Particularly now that I'm 10 months into hrt and experiencing my 2nd enormous estrogen drop. This severe depression that results is way worse than anything before. I have no positive results and one suicide attempt while on hrt....

Have you found out why your estrogen dropped so dramatically?

[MeghansLife]

@NaomiClareNL Naomi, I got for another check-up next month, I'm convinced it's because I was only on patches and my body was either not absorbing the E or it was absorbing it too fast and my body was depleting it. I'm not sure, I do feel better these days. I'm really sorry that you are having those issues :(

[AuroraLiora]

Hi meghan, I love your videos. You are lovely and inspirational. I am starting HRT soon. Question, does HRT sometimes cause discomfort in the genitals area? I heard a few transfolks having this problem.

[podcastbard]

I've had women do that to me many times, talk over me. We as a society need to learn about the native american talking stick.

[podcastbard]

19? you look 21 :) The best thing that I like about being trans, even though I don't think I'll transition, is my compassion and opening up to new ways of thinking and solving problems.

[podcastbard]

Meghan, you should try fashion frames. There are so many different styles in glasses. You could have fun. Anyway, love your videos. Thank you. 

[desireeT01]

I have noticed, more and more myself, that any time I wanted to talk in many meetings, invisible..... Fashion is daring, embrace the diversity Meghan.... Thanks again for the share :)

[demolitionbarbiedoll]

hi Meghan!..We Miss You! ... (transrooms)

[FarWestMovement]

id give you a pedicure,seriously! lol

[TranzAustralia]

great channel Meghan! You are gr8 doll and I loved u on the Kevin and Bean show. Hugz and peace from Australia x

[IndigoJo]

About the incident where you were ignored in the lab: that might have been because you weren't part of their group of friends, or simply because you were different - if you had been in some other obvious way not like them, they would have treated you the same. I remember a politics class when in school, and I couldn't get a word into the discussion edge-ways - it just became a conversation between two or three other boys (it was an all-male class), and the teacher didn't intervene.

[NewWorldRob]

Enjoyed this, and I love the glasses. I think you probably made the right choice, you're really womanly...