Transsexual Road Map

• your destination
• the time you'll need to get there
• the money you'll spend

Transsexual Road Map is a travel guide to set priorities and choose your route.

It's about making informed purchasing decisions and setting realistic, achievable transition goals.

First time visitors should start here.

This site's 1,600+ pages of FREE original content will always be available at no cost, to help those who can't afford to pay.

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GETTING STARTED

• Customizing your transition timetable < START HERE!
• Definitions / terms / labels
• Uses and limitations of transgender categories
• Internet safety and the option of stealth
• Standards of Care (SoC)

INFORMATION SOURCES

• Search this site
• Transsexual books and films
• Transsexual organizations
• International transsexual resources
• Los Angeles transsexual resources
• Transsexual women's successes
• Links to websites for trannssexuals
• Transsexual news resources
• Transsexual forum

YOUR MENTAL & EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

• Choosing a therapist
• Self-acceptance < MOST IMPORTANT PAGE
• A note on gender tests
• "Autogynephilia" & plethysmograph: pseudoscience that affects the community
• Spirituality / religion
• Coming out to family and friends

TRANSITION'S REAL WORLD ISSUES

• Financing transsexual transition
• Workplace issues
• Legal issues:
  • changing name
  • changing driver's license
  • changing birth certificate
  • changing other documents
• Family issues
• Insurance
• Transitioning early in life < EXPANDED
• Choosing a name
• Transcendence: Occasional essays on transition
• Internet fakes and fringe movements: transkids by Kiira Triea and Candice Brown Elliott, more
• J. Michael Bailey, Ray Blanchard, Anne Lawrence, my Alice Dreger feud
  part of the Bailey-Blanchard-Lawrence Clearinghouse
• Safety tips while out and about
• Sexuality
• Collected wisdom: Great contributions from readers

YOUR PHYSICAL WELL-BEING AND APPEARANCE

• Hair removal see also hair removal
• Transsexual voice resources (y en español)
• Facial feminization surgery (FFS)
  ----- see also my first-hand FFS report with Douglas Ousterhout/Mira Coluccio
• Hair loss and replacement
• Reproductive options
• Hormonal therapy
• Orchiectomy
• Vaginoplasty
• Breast augmentation
• A note on injected silicone or (Las inyecciones de la silicona)
• Breast forms
• Movement
• Tall women's clothing
• Skin care
• Makeup
• Handwriting and gender cues

SITE INFO & HISTORY

Audience: Women in transition.
History: Online since 1996.
Focus: Empowerment, self-acceptance, assimilation.
Dedication: In honor of Melanie Anne Phillips and Gwendolyn Ann Smith.