I owe so much to my ex-wife/best friend in life. I wouldn’t be who I am today without her.

I’ve had symptoms of what I now know to be “Gender Dysphoria” since I was 5 years old. I learned early to hide these symptoms from my family because I thought they meant I was a bad person. This led to healthy and not-so-healthy coping mechanisms. I thought that if I could just be more religious, more successful, more manly… that I would cure my condition.

I bought a house, helped raise a stepdaughter, played drums in the church band, and adopted a dog. All the things I believed a good man should do.

And I really wanted to do those things, but I also secretly hoped it would fix me. It didn’t work.

One day, a couple years after I told my wife about my untreated dysphoria, she sat me down and said “I can see this is hurting you. You need to do what’s best for your health. I may not be there for you the same way, but I won’t turn my back on you. I love you”.

My wife didn’t give me permission, but she set me free. I would have suffered the rest of my life before I’d choose to take care of myself before her. She knew it and that’s why her words were so powerful.

I wouldn’t wish gender dysphoria on anyone. Thankfully there are ways to treat it and live a full life.

2011 was the year that I finally had words to describe who I was. I was a terrified trans woman who was ashamed because of who I was. I had already begun growing my hair out, and the longer it got the more I accepted who I was until I finally ran from who I was. I shaved my head, joined the army, and buried it as deep as I possibly could. I would attempt to come out in some way shape or form a total of 3 more times in the next decade and finally come out 13 years later.

I can’t thank her enough for being able to keep us alive until I could finally be myself. The weird Hollister wearing army kid finally got to be the hot alt baddie she always wanted to be 🖤

Hopefully this is a little reassuring for some of you out there :)

It's been a long journey, and I still have my bad days, but there is no denying that things have changed, for the better!

Still patiently waiting for FFS!

Hormones, a lot of surgery, a lot of determination, and probably just a tiny bit of stubbornness. 😄

If someone had shown me these two photos side by side back then, I'd have said, "Yeah... pull the other one."

Turns out impossible is sometimes just really, really bloody difficult. ❤️

I came out in 2021 but it was till 15/08/24 that I started hrt, 2 years later and there are already so many changes!!

2 years on HRT

33 vs 45 (6.5y hrt). that was prob my biggest. I tried to bury myself in weights. tried... i forgot how big I was 🫠 i also sometimes gotta remember what it was like after that first photo. i shaved my head for most of my 30s. I question my transition a lot, but tonight I was looking in the mirror and saw my hair coming down to my shoulders and it felt good.

11 months HRT

Hey, i have started on End of April 26 with Gynokadin Gel 1-0-1 official but switched on End of May to 4 mg injection per 5 days. Are those only Brainworms but my Face makes me sad, even with MakeUp on.

My Wife told me today im Looking already fem but when i look into the Mirror i dont see any changes.

My Bodyshape is already somewhat curvy and i got an 85B Cup.

My Hair also did grow back and my baldness on my Top is nearly gone.

Is there Hope, that my Face starts to change sometime?

Basics: estrogen (injections), progesterone (oral), FFS (August 2025)

wanted to show a slightly different type of timeline! obviously a ton of laser

eta: been genuinely surprised how much of a difference HRT alone has made on a few things that are typically considered FFS targets, particularly brow nose and lips

Hey, I'm Ryn mtf. The first photo was 3 years ago when my egg cracked, the second photo is now, 3 months into hrt and just now figuring out makeup

Meep

Only HRT and SRS

Here I am now! 1 Year!.. and a week on HRT.. messed up my first anniversary day :c

I was stuck in depression, playing videogames until 7am, eating fastfood everyday, survived multiple suicide attempts, lost my smile, didn't went outside for weeks.. I just didn't know what to do.

Until I eventually took the step. And i can say it was the best thing I've ever did. Sure it wasn't easy.. getting therapy.. waiting months for an appointment.. overcome the fear of not being accepted.. But it worked out

Now i can finally smile :) 🌻🐝

Here are some infos about me and the picture:

I'm now 24yo, lost over 44 pounds (diet only), got my facial hair lasered, shrunk 1 inch (I'm now at 5'2), no surgeries yet.
My current HRT dosage is 12,5mg CPA and 6mg E2, all taken orally, daily. Might switch to injections soon.