comrade_rain [she/her]
I’ve made friends at support groups by showing up early to meetings and hanging out after meetings. If there’s people that you vibe with just ask them if they want to grab some coffee or something sometime.
Outside of that. Here we have a trans church. I’m not a church-going person but they do a lot of community building and left organizing. So I make friends by attending events that the church hosts.
My partner also had a trans woman join a non-profit that she is on the board of. And I made friends with her and have gone clothes shopping with her as well as hung out a few times.
I think generally trans people are happy to make friends with other trans people. And we have similar lived experiences that tend to be pretty rare. So making friends can be easy once we get over the awkwardness.
That’s some love the sinner hate the sin bullshit. And I would be tempted to start using she her pronouns and a feminine name for them. If they don’t respect you don’t respect them.
Honestly though see if you can find trans community in your area. It can feel awkward being new to those spaces, but I find a lot of commonality with other trans people.
Second laser session on my face this morning. Burning hair is dysphoria leaving the body!
Also a question. I don’t have a lot of body hair to begin with. Will the hormones pretty much wipe out my nipple and stomach hair? The laser clinic is running a deal right now and I can get both of those done for 35 bucks a month (for like three years of payments).
Considering that’s like two packs of cigarettes and I’m trying to quit smoking anyway, I’m seriously considering it. But if the estrogen is going to take care of it likely then I figure I should save my money.
Curious though what have other people’s experiences been with body hair?