being who i am I would have rather had it done at birth... but how
do you know? i have only ever talked to 2 intersex on line..... and one
in person..... nothing really developed that I could share because the
conversations were very shallow at best so much so i cannot recall the
contents of the conversations...
i was feminine enough in
the marines a marine who detest me and my mannerisms said the marines
should give me a hormone test! dear god i was in fear that they
marines would actual do that so i looked at my medical records for the
blood test and i would ask the doctors what each blood test was for?
this happened on my first tour and i sought less medical help for there
on out. if they found out who i was i was dead bc i would have to go
back to the hell of a home and Rachel would never be. this was a serious
fear bc i knew i lied on the contract to enlist when i said male and i
was not a homosexual ... questions on the actual contract...... reread
when i had my medical and military records pulled for filing for
disablity..... this goes back as i cry so far and deep ...... i saw this
way... you see me as a male and i like females so in your eyes i am not
lying...... your lies not mine is how i viewed all of this ..... god
this was a nightmare for me
http://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/intersex-surgeries-human-rights-violation?bffblgbt&utm_term=4ldqphm#4ldqphm
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
my opinion of the trans comm and the lack of leadership and Caityln Jenner
outside
the trans comm activist arena , even in Portland oregon, employers
despite a college education discriminate and poverty is very much the
core issue...... seems we are driven, like the rest of the glbt comm, to
certain jobs. comes down to it do you want a Lesbian or trans woman as
the face of your company...... the image of the trans in america is the
core issue and Caityln has not helped in this arena..... i think finding
human resources director who will work with an organization would be a
huge help..... not to mention funding surgery... i am sure 1 percent of
their annual budget would not make them less effective... the core issue
there is that the trans comm and the rest of the organizations are
driving for all to have access... that is great but in the mean time the
overall suffering continues..... we have been sold out by the
leadership or the lack of leadership in the comm.....
The reality is even the top surgeons who do srs who are transsexuals have sold us out. i have heard horror stories from the two transsexuals who do the srs in the states. i mean Dr. Bowers who was taught by the pioneer of srs in the states charges 25,000.00 and for a srs with skin graft you are up to 27,500. so otherwise you have be rich or an insurance company has to pay for it. i mean that is a lot of money and that does not include hotels, meals and loss of income which could last 2-6 mos or longer. the total cost of surgery is really unknown given so much.
it would be far more cost effective to do what the Australia does and bring in Thailand doctors who are very experienced to train US doctors to do the surgery. There is no way i would allow a doctor who is inexperienced do my surgery. i have heard nightmares from EU where state funded surgery has ended in such things as patients with bags to urinate in bc of surgeries gone bad.
I hope to one day , like next yr, do a skype feed of my surgery and after that set up an organization to fund other people that need the surgery. this situation should have never existed but it does.. how damn sad
The reality is even the top surgeons who do srs who are transsexuals have sold us out. i have heard horror stories from the two transsexuals who do the srs in the states. i mean Dr. Bowers who was taught by the pioneer of srs in the states charges 25,000.00 and for a srs with skin graft you are up to 27,500. so otherwise you have be rich or an insurance company has to pay for it. i mean that is a lot of money and that does not include hotels, meals and loss of income which could last 2-6 mos or longer. the total cost of surgery is really unknown given so much.
it would be far more cost effective to do what the Australia does and bring in Thailand doctors who are very experienced to train US doctors to do the surgery. There is no way i would allow a doctor who is inexperienced do my surgery. i have heard nightmares from EU where state funded surgery has ended in such things as patients with bags to urinate in bc of surgeries gone bad.
I hope to one day , like next yr, do a skype feed of my surgery and after that set up an organization to fund other people that need the surgery. this situation should have never existed but it does.. how damn sad
Monday, September 7, 2015
voice surgery ifo ... do not recommend it!!! but there is the info and why voice coach is preferred
i have researched this extensively and the very best is in Korea since they implant a device that shortens your vocal chords without cutting the chords. however the people that do this surgery have only done 150 surgeries in the last 10 yrs. the track record is not there for me !!
i would recommend a good voice coach who is sensitive to changing your voice upwards!! because after the surgery , voice, one would have to do this anyhow to learn how to speak again due to the surgery or device implant. the key is not to follow the info on the net or utube because what every voice coach has told me is you have to be very careful you do not damage your vocal folds by elevating your voice in pitch.
you need to find an anchor and gradually go up in range. i played trombone for 6 yrs and when you play the trombone in the higher octaves, without practicing etc, your lips get very fat and you cannot play the trombone for several days. unlike the trombone the voice has vocal fold that can be damaged and there is the possibility you can permanently damage your vocal folds and you can end up with a deeper voice. be smart and find a good voice coach and do not push it ... let your voice gradually work at the higher range.....
here is the info from the net ...... sharing but i do not recommend....... what if you cannot speak or the voice is deeper ; there is no data to support the surgery ..... but at the end of the day it is is everyone's choice just like srs
There are several types of voice feminization techniques, Crico-Thyroid Approximation (CTA), Laser Assisted Voice Adjustment (LAVA), Vocal Cord Shortening (Anterior Web Creation), Thyroid Cartilage and Vocal Cord Reduction and Laryngoplasty. All procedures are designed to make a genetic Male’s voice box smaller and vocal cords shorter in an attempt to raise the comfortable speaking pitch.
The characteristic pitch or fundamental frequency (F0) of the male voice ranges from about 100 to 150 Hz; for the female voice, F0 ranges from 170 to 220 Hz. By reducing the voice box, these procedures can increase the pitch of the voice. Another distinctive characteristic of the voice is resonance. The timbre or resonance of the male voice is deeper than females, this is due to the greater length of the male upper airway. Currently there is no procedure to help modify the resonant character of the voice, however altering the fundamental frequency is the more important factor.
i would recommend a good voice coach who is sensitive to changing your voice upwards!! because after the surgery , voice, one would have to do this anyhow to learn how to speak again due to the surgery or device implant. the key is not to follow the info on the net or utube because what every voice coach has told me is you have to be very careful you do not damage your vocal folds by elevating your voice in pitch.
you need to find an anchor and gradually go up in range. i played trombone for 6 yrs and when you play the trombone in the higher octaves, without practicing etc, your lips get very fat and you cannot play the trombone for several days. unlike the trombone the voice has vocal fold that can be damaged and there is the possibility you can permanently damage your vocal folds and you can end up with a deeper voice. be smart and find a good voice coach and do not push it ... let your voice gradually work at the higher range.....
here is the info from the net ...... sharing but i do not recommend....... what if you cannot speak or the voice is deeper ; there is no data to support the surgery ..... but at the end of the day it is is everyone's choice just like srs
There are several types of voice feminization techniques, Crico-Thyroid Approximation (CTA), Laser Assisted Voice Adjustment (LAVA), Vocal Cord Shortening (Anterior Web Creation), Thyroid Cartilage and Vocal Cord Reduction and Laryngoplasty. All procedures are designed to make a genetic Male’s voice box smaller and vocal cords shorter in an attempt to raise the comfortable speaking pitch.
The characteristic pitch or fundamental frequency (F0) of the male voice ranges from about 100 to 150 Hz; for the female voice, F0 ranges from 170 to 220 Hz. By reducing the voice box, these procedures can increase the pitch of the voice. Another distinctive characteristic of the voice is resonance. The timbre or resonance of the male voice is deeper than females, this is due to the greater length of the male upper airway. Currently there is no procedure to help modify the resonant character of the voice, however altering the fundamental frequency is the more important factor.
The average female speaking fundamental frequency is right
around middle "C" on a piano (the normal range is within the pink
arrows). The average male SFF is in a range about an octave lower than female,
within the blue arrows in the picture. An octave is 12 notes on the piano
(including the black keys!).
Three types of voice surgery ….
http://www.fauquierent.net/voicesurgery.htm
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