And by anyone, we mean not you

[ceri]

So. I worked up the nerve yesterday to start looking at local groups that might have a trans support group...and wow was that a lot of unproductive searching. It seems like I should have (if support groups were what I wanted) done this a few years ago—I found several dead or decaying websites for groups gone under. What was left seems to be mostly FTM. Nothing against it, but it's not my need.

I have this horrible sense of anticlimax. (And more searching to do, admittedly.)

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[snugglebitch]

If you don't mind me asking, what area do you live in? It's kinda my job to find resources for people, so I tend to be able to find stuff other people don't know about. (Your age would help, too, in knowing whether or not you're eligible for certain services.)

Also (and again, sorry for all the questions), is Ceri short for something? It's what my mom (and no one else, thank goodness, cuz I'm not a fan of nicknames for myself) shortens my name to, so I was just curious.

[ceri]

I'm in Ballard, and in my 40s. I can get really precise in e-mail ( cericonversion@gmail.com ) if need be. I get SSI and therefore Medicaid, should that matter.

Ceri as I'm using it as Welsh, "to love"; it's a unisex name, though a bit more common for girls, apparently. My family has some Welsh ancestry on both sides, and my birth name was once unisex but is now almost exclusively a boy's name, so I thought it was a pleasing sort of symmetry.

I feel as you do about nicknames. Both my first and last birth names are far, far too prone to abusive nickname, so I decided back when I started thinking about alternatives that I'd go for something that worked well enough as is that it wouldn't be a tempting target. Nothing's perfect, of course, but I'm conditionally happy with. And, heck, can change it if I change my mind.

[snugglebitch]

They're definitely related names; mine's Ceridwen, a Welsh Goddess.

I don't know what your access to transportation is. Have you checked out the Ingersoll Gender Center? They're about nine miles from Ballard, so it's a little bit of a hike without a vehicle or good public transportation. Here's a list of their programs.

That's just from a quick Google search. I have friends from the Seattle area who might know more.

[ceri]

Seattle's public transportation system is pretty good, and excellent along major axes...one of which I happen to live near. That'd be about 45 minutes inbound, an hour and change outbound, easily doable if I can do it at all. How much I can do it at all, well, that's what I'll be seeing. But thank you! It's on the list. :)

[ceri]

Oh, yeah, I forgot something!

Thank you!