Audra & The Antidote

As a woman just starting the dulficift task of transition (that's "sex-change" to most people), I'm really glad that Nora came out of the experience intact.It's dulficift enough "faking male" when you have a masculine bodily frame and male hormones. I can't imagine what it would be like without those aids, and the constant brainwashing you do to yourself since childhood, telling yourself you can't really be female.Now it's easier for young girls in this horrible situation : the medical research over the last 10 years has shown that the brain is sexually dimorphic (ie Male and Female brains differ far more than we thought) and that it's possible to be neurologically Intersexed (Male brain in female body, or the reverse). So many transition now in their teens - they're usually aware of their situation by age 5, after all. If they can afford it, it costs an average of $100,000, usually none of it covered by insurance, and by a recent ruling of the IRS, the surgery isn't tax-deductable.To voluntarily go into a situation of "Gender Dysphoria" is horribly dangerous, as Nora's now well aware, but obviously wasn't when she started. To manage it for 18 months is a staggering achievement. But please don't do it again! Any person with Transsexualism (Neurological Intersex) could have told her how incredibly risky her experiment was. Gender isn't a "lifestyle choice" or a "social construct", it's a biological setting that you mess with at your own peril. Nora, I'm just glad you're OK now. If you find you have any unleasant long-term effects, there's some online support groups that could maybe help - feel free to e-mail me for details. Mainly women who have been there and done that, but for rather longer than 18 months. We try to help each other, and spouses and partners too. By your actions, you qualify.Very best wishes, Zoe