[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Nat

We are all transforming in one way or another as human beings. It may not always be as dramatic as it can seem when a person transitions from one sex to another.

So I've become more clear with my own boundaries. I'm never going stealth. I'm never giving up my community.

First point, so true!

Second point, absolutely. And that was the problem with my first relationship with an FTM. He wanted nothing to do with any kind of non-straight community.

I was still new to this community and to the 'rules' of engagement between sexes, genders, sexualities, sensualities, presentations, et cetera and I didn't have firm boundaries in place and through the process of making him feel better, I made myself feel worse. I felt less than then when I began that relationship and it took me a while to find my way back to me.