Quote Originally Posted by princessheather86 View Post
May I ask what you mean by this exactly? I was talking about a completely different forum, which is not specifically for TG people, though it is TG friendly. I just meant that people didn't have an issue with gendering me correctly when I told them I'm trans, and treated me as such. Nobody has ever tried to push me towards transition.
First, I apologize if I made it sound like this was a comment intended to criticize you. It was not. But the comment was a response to the assertion that perhaps there really aren’t people online that are too quick to encourage others who were considering the idea of transition, and this looks like a perfect example.

By your own admission your real life transition steps are pretty much nonexistent, yet others in another forum (doesn’t really matter that it’s not TG specific) were all so eager to treat you like a girl when they don’t appear to have any reason to do so.

I mean, I’m very glad that you’re getting all of these online tummy rubs, but they really don’t have much to do with supporting anything that actually resembles a real transition.

Quote Originally Posted by PaulaQ View Post
Luckily for the readers of this forum, many here are much smarter than the community at large, and despite a near total lack of anything other than anecdotal evidence - they know much better. Bravo.
“Anecdotal evidence” as opposed to what - empirical evidence? Aside from the fact that there’s a paucity of empirical evidence (although that body of data is growing) what other kind of information would be valuable to someone in transition? Only anecdotal accounts can tell anyone in transition how others felt, what kinds of coping mechanisms they employed and the types of maneuvers others used to adjust their lives to effect a successful transition.