Comments for Trans Family Life http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com Life as and with a transgirl. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on FAQ: Transition Basics by Alex http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/faq-transition-basics/#comment-9 Alex Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:17:52 +0000 http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-9 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road! I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

]]> Comment on FAQ: Transition Basics by Roger http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/faq-transition-basics/#comment-8 Roger Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:47:47 +0000 http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-8 In terms of transguys' surgeries... I live in Canada, so the procedures are probably a bit different; but here you have to have somewhere in the region of three months RLT or six months of therapy before they'll let you get a mastectomy/chest reconstruction surgery. I think it's unfair because cismen with gynecomastia aren't required to do this, and for some transguys it stops them from being able to pass because they have large chests. Technically, transmen can get electrolysis too, and sometimes that might be worth looking into if he wanted a phalloplasty (electrolysis on the donor site to clean it up a bit for surgery, although they usually remove the hair follicles during it). Most guys won't though. In terms of the two most common methods of genital surgery for transmen, there's either the metiodioplasty or the phalloplasty... The metiodioplasty is actually more of a reconstruction surgery, where the transguy's clitoris/neophallus is cut loose to form a miniature penis and then the scrotum is formed from the labia. The phalloplasty is a graft of skin from another donor site on the body. Both have ups and downs, but overall I prefer the metiodioplasty because it looks a LOT more normal, just it's very small. The phalloplasty's a lot more expensive though. In terms of transguys’ surgeries… I live in Canada, so the procedures are probably a bit different; but here you have to have somewhere in the region of three months RLT or six months of therapy before they’ll let you get a mastectomy/chest reconstruction surgery. I think it’s unfair because cismen with gynecomastia aren’t required to do this, and for some transguys it stops them from being able to pass because they have large chests.

Technically, transmen can get electrolysis too, and sometimes that might be worth looking into if he wanted a phalloplasty (electrolysis on the donor site to clean it up a bit for surgery, although they usually remove the hair follicles during it). Most guys won’t though.

In terms of the two most common methods of genital surgery for transmen, there’s either the metiodioplasty or the phalloplasty… The metiodioplasty is actually more of a reconstruction surgery, where the transguy’s clitoris/neophallus is cut loose to form a miniature penis and then the scrotum is formed from the labia. The phalloplasty is a graft of skin from another donor site on the body. Both have ups and downs, but overall I prefer the metiodioplasty because it looks a LOT more normal, just it’s very small. The phalloplasty’s a lot more expensive though.

]]> Comment on R.I.P. Angie Zapata — Ignorance about the Transgendered by buckeye http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/rip-angie-zapata-ignorance-about-the-transgendered/#comment-5 buckeye Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:45:16 +0000 http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-5 Thank you for this post. I'm so sorry to hear of this vicious murder. It's really awful to know there is still such hatred and fear of trans people. I'm a ciswoman and I'm sure there are things I don't quite understand about what trans people experience, but I am horrified by this. It just seems so stupid and bigoted that people can't just let others be who they are and respect each other's humanity. I hope that we as a society can evolve. Thank you too for starting this blog, I think it's a wonderful idea to have family members posting from their different perspectives. I wish you the best for this project -- Thank you for this post. I’m so sorry to hear of this vicious murder. It’s really awful to know there is still such hatred and fear of trans people. I’m a ciswoman and I’m sure there are things I don’t quite understand about what trans people experience, but I am horrified by this. It just seems so stupid and bigoted that people can’t just let others be who they are and respect each other’s humanity. I hope that we as a society can evolve.

Thank you too for starting this blog, I think it’s a wonderful idea to have family members posting from their different perspectives. I wish you the best for this project –

]]> Comment on R.I.P. Angie Zapata — Ignorance about the Transgendered by Roundup of Angie Zapata posts, plus Holly at Feministe: Trans Panic Defense is Often a Smokescreen « Questioning Transphobia http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/rip-angie-zapata-ignorance-about-the-transgendered/#comment-4 Roundup of Angie Zapata posts, plus Holly at Feministe: Trans Panic Defense is Often a Smokescreen « Questioning Transphobia Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:03:05 +0000 http://transfamilylife.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-4 [...] RIP Angie Zapata [...] [...] RIP Angie Zapata [...]

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