I lodged the paperwork a week ago with BDM to change my name, so now I am playing the waiting game for that to come back. I think it is safe for me to give up on changing my gender marker on my birth certificate as I am preop/married. I have received an informative email from the Gender Centre on th...

Hi Dana, I was on patches to start with and found I could not keep them on. I had one implant and at my next blood test at 3 months my levels were not as good as we were hoping. So I had a 2nd implant. I have not had any issues around the implants. Overall I have been happy with my implants and I wi...

Now the forum is back I might I should update this post. I have finally started using our local pool, have a couple of one piece swimsuits and a bikini that I have worn at the pool. I attended the recent marriage equality rally in Sydney and will be attending the next one. Lots of fun medical stuff,...

awesome news

This afternoon I attended a candlelight vigil at University of Newcastle for the victims of Orlando. After the event I was looking at my facebook feed and saw a disturbing article about harassment of LGBT people increasing this week in Sydney. http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-so...

We have our first Pokolbin pride festival October 20-24 2016. There is very little information available about the event except the dates it is planned for. The event is also calling for an expression of interest in people/organisations who want to be involved.

https://pokolbinpride.com.au/

Just a quick update. All the volunteers where I work were reminded about our anti-discriminations policy over the weekend a couple of time. The issue was raised at the board meeting last night, I was not present so do not know what was said. The person behind the incident has removed the post and ap...

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I am also totally agreeing with Christine, we have discussed this issue a number of times since I joined the group, the only issues I had was before I built up enough courage to venture into the ladies, it was when a 5-year-old asked his dad why is that lady in our toilets that I seriously thought a...

I have been told yesterday that our management at the charity I work for have received complaints about me, I do not know if they came from our staff, customers or the public, management have advised people that I am trans and all that nice stuff. I dealt with the issue by letting anyone know I deal...