I need info.

[Michelle.M]

OK, Lynn, I don't want to be a total buzzkill but there is so much to be inferred from your post that I really don't know where to begin.

But I'll begin here. It's your first post and you come with guns blazing and asking questions that you might have had answered if you had made your first post in the Introductions and Re-Introductions forum and just taken the time to get acquainted and read as many of the similar posts regarding this topic as you can find. Don't be surprised if people quickly label you as a troll. Just sayin'.

I would like to find out more BASIC info on SRS. So many questions!

Have you read anything on the internet anywhere about transgender issues, the typical indicators that a person with gender dysphoria (those are the folks who are potential candidates for GRS) and the requirements for GRS as recommended by WPATH?

And if you're getting ready to ask "What's WPATH?" then I know the answer to my question is "No".

There's so much readily available information and it's only a mouse-click away.

I've read that guys like me are not good candidates for it because I dress up because its a "turn-on" for me

Do you think that you might find a different answer here? The likelihood is practically nil.

and once you start Hormone therapy you lose male libido and wish you hadn't started in the first place.

Some transwomen regret that, but speaking for myself (and I'm sure others will chime in soon) losing my male libido - and replacing it with something more like a female sex drive - was not only NOT regrettable but eagerly sought after.

I've crossdressed my entire adult life but just recently started going out as a female pretty much full time (except when I go to work).

Um, yeah. That's not "pretty much full time". That's called part-time. Not a bad place to start, but it is what it is.

. . . [if] I just wanna keep my male libido and be a man in a womans body

OK, now I'm confused. Just what the heck do you really want? Do you even know what you want? Do you want to transition or do you just want to play extreme dress-up?

So my question for now is . . . why don't they let guys get the surgery without taking hormones first?

"Guys" who get PARTIAL surgery (ie: breast augmentation) with little or no hormone use are commonly referred to as ********. You know, the same ones you see in porn movies and making themselves available for "companionship" on Craigslist?

Is that your goal? If so, that's your choice and I do not make it a habit to question others' choices, but this may not be the site for you to find thoughtful answers to those questions.

As for getting GRS without following WPATH protocols, good luck. Sure, there are people who do it, but the few people I know who've taken that path generally spent many more years trying to make it happen than they would have had they gone about it the right way.