Hi. I'm Jordan. 26, genderqueer trans guy, on T for 7 years 5 months before stopping, no trans surgeries yet. My first post was here http://stopping-t.livejournal.com/25146.html but I got this new journal to document my experiences with not taking testosterone ( Read more... )

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Any chances that I can be honest with the endo up front about wanting to be on T for only a year or so? Or should I just fake it and pretend I'm in it for the long haul. How open minded can I expect the doc to be? Now... this will be a doc intimately involved with the TG community at our local LGBT clinic ( Read more... )

Has anyone here been on the cream or gel and stopped? Did you stop cold turkey or slowly taper your dosage down to nothing? I'm going to be coming off of T cream (5mg daily) and I was wondering how other people have stopped taking it.

Hey everyone. I just stumbled across this community today, and I'd like to briefly introduce myself and ask some questions ( Read more... )

I've been doing a lot of research about stopping T and have been trying to find other peoples stories about stopping, why they did it, etc. I was unable to find much at all in terms of what I've been looking for. This group is the closest thing and it's not super active so...I'm thinking very seriously about making a documentary about those of us ( Read more... )

I have been thinking about stopping T for some time now. I finally hit that point of clarity where I said "Yes. I need to stop". I had been waiting for this. To have a point where I knew that I should stay on it or stop. The question of what to do has been plaguing me for probably the last year ( Read more... )

I've been off of testosterone since the end of August 2007 which is nearing 6 months now. 
Physically my hip and thigh area has gained some fat and become more feminine which I'm not too happy with.  My body and facial hair seems to be as thick and plentiful as it was while on T but it grows more slowly now.  I don't get as sweaty or smelly as ( Read more... )

A bit of shameless self-promotion. I've just completed my first novel, Becoming Alec.


This is a coming of age story about forming unique and unconventional gender identities as well as unique and unconventional families. The book details one man's process of starting t. The book is more a labor of love than anything (I'll likely not make any ( Read more... )