Hi Deborah-

Welcome to the Gender Society family, girl. You are so welcome here, I'm very glad you found us. This is a great place to find help and support and make friends and also to realize you're not alone in your journey. You'll find others here who, although each of our stories are unique, have walked the same path you are on. Perhaps more than anything else it's that understanding that unites us and makes us a family, though like any family we occasionally have our disagreements, we're all here for one another when it gets down to it.

I'm sorry to hear that your family and friends are having difficulty with all of it, but it's hard for them, too, as I'm sure you must realize. We have had all our lives to deal with and finally come to grips with who we are, for them it often seems like a bolt out of the blue even if looking back they see that there were all sorts of clues and hints. Give them time, love them still even if they don't seem to reciprocate and hopefully they will come around as they see that you are the same person they knew and loved, just with a different aspect.

Please feel free to join in on any of the discussions or chats and of course if you have any questions, just let me or one of the other mods know and we'll be glad to help out. Once again, my dear, welcome home.

Hugs...Joni Mari