Quote Originally Posted by Stephenie S View Post
So you say that some are planning to transition to females with penises? An attainable goal, I imagine, but not one that many aspire to in my experience. I know that many do not have the resources available for surgery, although in reality, the cost of SRS is less than that of a new car, and many of us buy a new car on a regular basis. Driving a clunker for a few extra years would make surgery a possibility. It all depends on your priorities, I guess.
Not everyone needs surgery. LOTS of FTM folks never get bottom surgery. Lots of girls get various degrees of surgery... Some folks have an orchiectomy and call it done, some girls get labiaplasty but not a vaginoplasty, some girls go all the way. VERY few people will ever see what is between your legs. It's cool that you feel like you need to go all the way, but not everyone feels the same way.

Personally, I say get what you need done, but don't do any more. Doing more than you need to be comfortable is foolish and risky.

Doing more does not make a person any more or less trans... or really, any more or less female. A jerk might argue that a girl who gets an orchiectomy and is satisfied is really "inter-sexed" but I know no one here would make such an asinine and hurtful claim.

Gender has WAY more to do with what is in our heads than it does with what is in our panties... which is one of the major reasons it is sooooo important to see a therapist.