Two relevant trans points of view I've recently come by in forums that I find interesting

1. The Need For Gender Spectrum Awareness

Sydney University's Trans Rally Mantra  -- Copyright Andrea Zephyr

YOU ARE STILL A TRANS BOY IF
- you have a visible chest
- you have long hair
- you wear dresses
- you wear makeup
- you have a high pitched voice

YOU ARE STILL A TRANS GIRL IF
- you don’t have a visible chest
- you have short hair
- you don’t shave
- you wear “masculine” clothing
- you have a low pitched voice

YOU ARE STILL NON-BINARY IF
- you don't bind your chest
- you don't have coloured hair
- you use he or she as your pronouns.
- you don't mix and max or "genderfuck" your clothes
- you don't understand how you want to present in society

BEING TRANSGENDER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH APPEARANCE.

2. The Need For Surgery

When I went to my consult "to see my surgeon" in January and knew I would be scheduling for early 2016 "a year later", I figure that the wait would get easier and easier at milestone time markers along the way. I told myself: "If I can just make it to June" or "if I can just make it to 6 months till surgery I'll feel like it's super close and I'll have some relief." The truth is, the closer it gets the slower time feels like it's moving. This wait is dreadful. I feel simultaneously grateful that it's "just around the corner" and also it's almost physically painful waiting for it to happen. My brain is so much already in a "post-op state of awareness" that each day feels brutally tedious waiting for this. There have been moments, very brief moments where I feel like it's already there. The sensation is elating and utterly comfortable and devastating all at once as I'm snapped back into the awareness that I still have another 4.5 months to wait. A medically induced coma would be the only thing that would help at this point... Trying to stay present - but damn, it's hard.