How Did You Get Here

[jsoto81]

I was sitting in my room thinking about things, like I often do. How did I first learn about star wars, how did I learn the things I did about horses, how did I get into photography. So naturally I came to thinking about how I came to this website.

So I'll ask the question first... How did you make it to these boards?

I came here through Kieron, I had searched for FtM's on Flickr and found a group for FtM's there and was looking at all the members profiles and saw Kieron had posted a link that lead here. Without really looking around I signed right up and am very happy ever since.

So how about you? What's your story?

[Joy Carter]

If I may post here. I saw this forum a couple of years ago before I joined. I glanced at it a few times. But not wanting to accept and out of fear I passed up really looking into it. It did look interesting though. And seeing that there were standards. I took the plunge. Not sorry other than it takes up more time than I care to admitt.:D

[John]

How did I first learn about star wars

THAT was you're first question to your self? That's so cool!! (I'm guessing that you're a fan) I love starwars... it's so awesomly amaizingly awesomly fantastically awesome. (quick!! to the thesorusmobile!!!)

But back to you're original point... was googling 'ftm' and 'transexual' and the like, and decided this looked the friendliest of the places I found. And here I am...

[Tristan]

I dated a ftm online a long time ago and we recently got in touch again (as friends) I mentioned trying to find a way where it was ok for me to come out as being transgendered. I had known back when I dated him that I was to a point but I was in serious denial etc etc, anyway he used nuttycats and referred me to that site. I met Kieron on nutty cats who brought me to roses and here, I went to roses first a lot but never really posted there. Kieron kept telling me to check out this site because it had more guys so finally I did and here I am.

[Kieron Andrew]

I came here through Kieron, I had searched for FtM's on Flickr and found a group for FtM's there and was looking at all the members profiles and saw Kieron had posted a link that lead here. Without really looking around I signed right up and am very happy ever since.
im to blame! :heehee:


I met Kieron on nutty cats who brought me to roses and here, I went to roses first a lot but never really posted there. Kieron kept telling me to check out this site because it had more guys so finally I did and here I am.
geez and again lol

[Dasein9]

Well, 38 years and 8 months ago, my mom and my dad had this big fight.
Then they made up.
I was born, and eventually the Cap'n told me about this place.

[Dasein9]

How did I learn about Star Wars?

My brothers took me to see it.
I was 7.

[Kieron Andrew]

I was born, and eventually the Cap'n told me about this place.and! he kept you a secret from us lol

[Dasein9]

Eh? He's told you there are other FTM's around here. It's New York, after all.

[Kieron Andrew]

Eh? He's told you there are other FTM's around here. It's New York, after all.
i mean when you first joined here he didnt let on that he knew you personally lol....

i sooooo wanna go to NY :(......but dunno if i'll ever afford it, flights and accomodation can be pretty expensive

[Dasein9]

Well, yeh. And I didn't tell you I knew him. That way, if I stuck my foot in my big mouth, it wouldn't reflect poorly on him. :D

[Kieron Andrew]

That way, if I stuck my foot in my big mouth, it wouldn't reflect poorly on him. :D
you havent YET! but i guess theres still time lol

[Dasein9]

I'm sure I will eventually, being human and all. But now y'all know me well enough to hold me responsible without any reflection going on him.

Not that y'all would blame him for my words, but I didn't know you well enough to count on that at the time.

[Nat]

Was googling the link for Gender Rebel for a friend, typed in genderqueer logoonline, and this was the second result on the page. I clicked, and it's been a fun few days since I joined :)

[Cai]

I tend to research things to a level that would bore most people out of their minds, and I follow link trails for days. I was researching disorders in women that cause high levels of testosterone, which led to stuff about transgenderism, which led to personal pages and stories, which eventually led here.

[CaptLex]

i mean when you first joined here he didnt let on that he knew you personally lol....
That's 'cause I was leaving it up to Das to let people know that he knows me. I think he wanted people to get to know him as himself first and not just as my friend before letting on that we know each other. So you can't hold me accountable for any crazy things he might do and you can't hold him accountable for any silly things I might say either.

I came here through Abraxas. I met him on the Eddie Izzard site and he told me about this place when I complained that I couldn't find anywhere online for FtMs.

And I learned about Star Wars back in '77 when I went to see it on the big screen (yes, I'm old). I actually went under protest with a few schoolmates who wanted to see it. I wasn't into Sci-Fi stuff then, but I wondered what the fuss was about, so I went to satisfy my curiosity - fully prepared to be bored. Then I had to go back and see it two more times again. :D

[happyfish]

I found a link on a sexuality message board that I've never been to since. There was a thread about MTF crossdressing (which wasn't what I wanted at all) but someone in there mentioned that they go here.
I grew up watching Star Wars, so I don't remember how I first got into it. lol. Captain's oooold.:heehee:

[bi_weird]

Met a friend who didn't believe in gender, she was a great influence. That got me finally thinking about mine, and google searches followed, as well as time furtively spent in the library. Eventually I found this site, though it took me a week or so of lurking to admit that perhaps I might belong.
Star Wars, I've always known Star Wars. I don't remember a time when I didn't know the stories of those movies. It goes so far back that I definitely remember not being good enough at understanding language to understand parts of the story. Needless to say, my parents enjoyed the movies.

[Kieron Andrew]

Captain's oooold.:heehee:
:hiding: i dont wanna be you when he reads this lol

[CaptLex]

Captain's oooold.:heehee:
Physically, yes . . . mentally . . . :Playnice:

[CaptLex]

:hiding: i dont wanna be you when he reads this lol
Well, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't toss him in the brig . . . but I may withhold his rum privileges for a day or so. :tongueout

[Kieron Andrew]

Well, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't toss him in the brig . . . but I may withhold his rum privileges for a day or so. :tongueout
why do that when he was right the first time:lol2: :hiding::tongueout

[CaptLex]

why do that when he was right the first time:lol2: :hiding::tongueout
Don't worry, rum privileges have been restored (see a certain thread in the Clubhouse). Now we have to find a way to bring this thread back on course before Ben makes us all walk the plank . . . :p

[Felix]

Ilooked up crossdressers message boards on google and it lead me here xx :hugs: felix

[Kate Simmons]

I was doing a search on drag queens last April and this site popped up, so I checked it out. I thought it was kind of interesting, so joined. Then I saw this section and said:"Huh"? I was instantly interested because, quite frankly, I didn't know you guys existed. I appreciate the welcome mat because it gives me some grounding and sanity in an otherwise "pinked out" place, not to mention your experiences have made me appreciate my own guyhood which I was trying to deny before. You guys are all fantastic and I really appreciate your openness, honesty, humor and most of all your friendship.:happy:

[Taylor105]

I related completely to Boys Don't Cry and I decided to do some research on the real Teena Brandon/Brandon Teena. I finally felt like everything clicked. Like I understood myself. Then I did a google search and found you guys!!

[MJ]

well i was at www.stockingshq.com , and the mod told me about this stie and i took a look and knew this is the place for me. my life as change sooo much because of everyone here , and i've become a much better person for it

[mistunderstood]

Well I stumbled on this site by chance. I was looking up crossdressing and I think another web sit was talking about how there was few women crossdressers and it listed FTM's so I typed that into my search bar and this site was one of the better sites that I checked out.

[Adam]

somebody told me about the site :D

[Abraxas]

Honestly, it's been so damn long I don't remember!
I have a sneaking suspicion it was due to my obsessive nature, googling everything I could find on transgenderism.*shrug*

I do remember that when I got here, they were thinking about closing the FTM boards cos nobody was posting. My first post was to tell them not to!

[CaptLex]

I do remember that when I got here, they were thinking about closing the FTM boards cos nobody was posting. My first post was to tell them not to!
Glad you got here just in time! :whew!:

[Wren]

I was trying to figure out how to bind. Googling info that kind of stuff. There was a link for a thread on binding ...yeah that was it, then my SO joined the board while I hung around a bit, then I did.

[Question Mark]

Hmm... truth be told, I don't quite remember. I think I was looking up something only barely related, and stumbled across the forum archives. Then I decided to join the active part of the forums. :P

[Tamara Croft]

I was abducted by Aliens... they brought me here :alien:

[jsoto81]

Don't worry, rum privileges have been restored (see a certain thread in the Clubhouse). Now we have to find a way to bring this thread back on course before Ben makes us all walk the plank . . . :p

no no... i won't make anyone walk the plank. It's fun to see how far off the course we can get.

i love how everyone is picking up on the star wars one, even though i didn't intend it to be answered. And yes I am a star wars fan, I'm going to try and join the 501st (http://www.501st.com) later this year.

[ZenFrost]

A year or so ago I was thinking to myself 'Hey, wait a second, all these years of wearing men's clothing might actually mean something... oh, I'm a crossdresser.' So I Googled cding and found this site. I looked around and decided it was worth joining, but when I tried, a weird tech glitch of vBulletin prevented me from doing so. Since I had a lot going on in my life at that time, I decided to wait until January, so when January came around, I hadn't forgotten about it and signed up.

[xsideburnsx]

I think I was lookin' for some new binding ideas and started looking around the internet a few years ago. Came across the word FTM a few times, so I typed it in and this was one of the websites on the list. I was hesitant to even start posting because I didn't want to admit to myself I was an FTM. In my head, I'm nothing more than a male and to even put the word "female" anywhere near me when describing my gender just bothered me. The pressures of living as a male sometimes get to me knowing deep down that I'm not fully. So for some piece of mind, I come on here to let me know I'm not alone.

[Kate Simmons]

I was abducted by Aliens... they brought me here :alien:What she didn't know was that I was one of those aliens (like you are surprised?).:devil:

[Spoofehness]

I searched Google! 8D

Thats it.

No story.

:tongueout

[faltenrock]

I've been surfing around - must have been countless pages, with no satisfaction.

Thinking about my CD, I tought, well I should try to google for crossdressing, a word that's being used rarely in Germany.

What can I say, it then didn't take to long to come accross this great site, something I was unsuccessfully looking for in a long time. So no more searching, I'm home - finally.

Doreen:happy: