Reddit reviews She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
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Can I suggest some reading material? My Husband Betty and She's Not the Man I Married by Helen Boyd. She's a bit of a navel gazer and talks a lot about theory and sociology and how it applies to her situation.
She's Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan. This one is her personal story about discovering herself up to her transition. It really close to home for us. She's working on a followup book about raising her boys in a transgendered home. It's supposed to be out later this year.
My spouse is transgender and we have 4 children. This never came up for us until about 13 years into our relationship and pretty much simultaneous with my 4th pregnancy.
Not trying hard enough? WTF? Do they say the same thing to their cis male friends who happen to act feminine? How about cisgirls who are tomboys? I'm sorry but your friends are morons. You're not trying to be anything. You are a guy no matter what they think.
On other things I am in a scarily similar situation to you. I'm waiting for stuff to happen and it's killing me. My mother knows about my transness and while claiming she accepts me still seems to think I'm confused and doesn't really acknowledge it. I'd recommend sitting down with your mother and talking things out. Maybe if it's possible get her some books to read: I've heard good things about a book called She's Not There, and I plan to buy Transgender 101 for my mother (sorry about the UK link, I'm lazy ): )
I wish I could help you on the poisoning thing; I'm lucky it's the one thing I don't have to go through. I'm on Depo Provera injections which stop mine completely. You can look into those if you think it might be right for you, but keep in mind you MAY have to come off them again before you can get T and they have some long-term side effects like brittle bones and hair loss.
Hope things improve, dude. I can guarantee things get better.
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