Hacker News Reader

Comment by csixty4 | Hacker News Reader

Transitioning my gender. Living my truth. Coming out to everyone in my life and being forced to confront the shame that held me back for decades.

It took a lot of reflection and was cause for a lot of growth. But now I'm not only mentally happier, I'm taking better care of my body because it finally feels like it's my own.

View on HN

Same same same same same! A lot of positive things have happened in the last year, met my first serious girlfriend (and living together now!), got two cats, moved to a larger apartment.

Transitioning has enabled all that. I wouldn't have gotten cats alone, I didn't experience romantic feelings prior to taking hormones.

Am so so much happier now

That's so awesome to hear!

My co-worker/friend did the exact same thing. I had to double check you were not her.

It feels like the Pandemic has left a lot of people worse off, but there are also a lot who are a lot better off now. Kinda weird?

I definitely agree that this has left a lot of people worse off. I fear it will take a long time for many to recover from. :-/

Congrats! Happy for you... I've seen a friend struggle with this before transitioning and I'm in awe of the courage it takes. She's so much more happy now than she was before.

I’m glad to hear you made it through and are enjoying the freedoms every human being ought to have the right to. I feel a combination of sadness and anger when I read such stories and how society and inherent conditioning can be so cruel. If you have any books or resources to recommend, I’d like to learn more and keep those handy (I’m not gender queer, but am someone who could be called an “ally” and would like to be a better ally in supporting people’s freedoms to live as they wish to).

Congrats! That’s amazing. I’m so happy for you.

Congrats stranger!!

Reply on news.ycombinator.com