Thanks for your blog. I’m sure by now you’ve been offline for awhile, but going through your blog and FAQ really helped me think some stuff through about my future. The kind of information you’ve provided is simply invaluable. Thanks for putting up with ignorant people.

Hey there, 

I’m not offline – just working tons and hardly check this place because I tend to come back to a barrage of hostility, and I just don’t need that in my life most times. 

It’s messages like this though that keep me wanting to log back in, so thank you. 

Hey. I’m about to start the application process to have my sex on my birth certificate changed. With the statutory declaration is there a specific way its meant to be set out? I’m not sure if there’s a template that the BDM has or its just a statement signed stating that you have had the necessary surgery to live as your true gender? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

Hey bear-b-bear, there’s a template on the BDM form if I recall correctly? It’s just a part of the form they have to fill out. It’s all available online, but keep in mind this information is all Australia specific. And I’m not sure if processes are different depending on the state in which you were issued you’re Birth Certificate.

Internal Conflict.

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I often feel like a hypocrite, or paradoxical at the very
least.

I have been stealth for my entire transition, “deep stealth”
for the last nine years. It’s the way I wanted things to be, because being
transsexual is not my identity and is not who I am.

But recently I’ve begun to yearn for some form of… not
visibility per se, but a safe place where I can speak openly about my history
and the issues that go along with being post-transition.

In a town such as this, where being different could mean
something as small as not conforming to the town’s narrow and outdated idea of
dress codes, it feel suffocating to know that those around me would likely
literally harm me if they were to find out about my history.

I am relived that we are fitting in here so well according
to societal norm, while at the same time frustrated with the lack of open
minded individuals. Not even in relation to outing myself, because I guess that’s
not entirely the crux of the problem – more so just feeling as though I can
relate on a wholly human level without a sense of pretence or distain for those
that may not share my views, whatever they may be.

Alright so I’m ordering my freetom prosthesis this coming Thursday, will take a while to make and ship so when it arrives I’ll do a review on my first impressions, then I’ll use it for a week and report back.
My wife marriedtoatransman also says she will report back on how she feels the use for sexual purposes is – without too much detail haha.

do you have scars or did they fade, what do you do about top surgery scars? (and what kind of surgery did you get?)

I have faint scars on my chest which you can sort of see in my Avatar and this picture here (taken years ago).

I had double incision, with NO nipple grafts; that is the surgeon completely removed my natal nipples and areola, and once my chest itself had healed, surgically reconstructed them. The areola coloration was cosmetically tattooed on once nipples had healed.

I chose this type of procedure as I had no care for nipple sensation at all, wanted to be able to choose exactly what size my nipples were and where they were located.

All in all, I am exceptionally happy with the results. Perhaps I’ll get my areola pigmentation touched up, but that’s a perhaps.

As far as scars are concerned, I used nothing at all except Bio-Oil, which I’ve written about here.