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Well...it is tomorrow, but I work, so I wanted to put this up here.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/5/AAIAInAADWXn.jpg
That's from almost a month ago, now. First time I wore a dress outside my home lol. (my stupid hands are blocking my trans pride necklace. Lesbian pride ring, she/her pronoun bracelet. Actually did my makeup, still can't do mascara.)

A short summary of events:

-I went to an informed consent clinic here in Connecticut on June 29th, 2021, and after hearing the spiel, I was prescribed estradiol and spironolactone. 3 months later, I started on progesterone.

-Everything you see physically is a result of hormones. I've had insanely good breast growth and my thighs have gotten pretty thunderous, but I'm afraid the caboose disappoints. My skin is soft and clear, my body hair much thinner and finer, and my muscles have been thoroughly deleted. I often marvel at how skinny my limbs are these days.

-HRT takes time. At 1 year in, I'm not even half done with physical changes: major changes generally occur within the first 3 years, and things don't settle down entirely until year 5 or so. It's puberty.

-Two things estrogen/progesterone don't really impact are facial hair and voice, unfortunately. You can correct the former with laser hair removal and/or electrolysis; the latter with voice training. They are both long and torturous processes, and the worst thing about the latter is it's entirely up to you.

-I came out in January, and my life seriously couldn't be better. In that roughly 7 month span, I've switched departments at work (for the better), started dating (going steady with a great lady), and am in the process of working out getting an MSW in Social Work. Seriously, all my life, I wanted to be a girl and I thought I couldn't be a girl. But then...I just did it. It's really that simple. If you want to be a girl, you can just be one. Same for being a guy. It's not easy but it's worth it.

-I've determined that I desire both bottom surgery and facial feminization surgery(FFS). My breasts kind of almost make me thankful I'm not cis, I might have been Mandy Morbid-esque...Too much boobie. Not because boobie bad, because back pain is. So no top surgery for this girl! But it's worth mentioning modern implants are vastly less distinguishable from natural tissue these days.

-Ask me anything. It is Pride Month, it is the anniversary of Stonewall, it is a dark time in our country. Be respectful. Happy Pride!