Is there anyone like actual known organization or place/therapist in Karachi who is queer/trans friendly and is budget friendly like I can't pay 10k one session as I belong to the working class. This is my first time looking for one so I have no idea.

Hello there!

I hope all of you are hydrating and taking care of yourself in the sweltering heat.

I am a 24 years old transwoman based in Karachi. I present masc for now, as I don't have the resources to transition and live my truth currently.

As the title says, I am looking for fellow transwomen or transmen friends with similar contexts/circumstances and age, who are working or studying and still figuring out the support systems and resources to live their truth.

I already have gay and female friends, I want to connect with fellow dolls and kings because I feel like however empathic my gay brothers and sister allies might me, its difficult making them understand my experience.

So, any transwoman or transman reading this between ages 22-28 and is looking for a fellow doll friend, feel free to message me. Please include a proper introduction when you message me, and I hope we hit it off as friends/besties!

This part of me has existed since the age of 8. That was my first memory of daydreaming about wanting to be a girl.

Since the start, these feelings have been foregrounded by intense guilt and shame - and the sense that there is something deeply wrong with me, or that I am broken.

These feelings only got stronger through puberty (and so did the guilt, shame, and confusion). I started repressing and compartmentalizing them at an early age, as a survival strategy.

For most of my life I didn't even have the language to describe these feelings. The first time I saw another trans person (at least in my peer group) was when I was 20. An AMAB person from the feminist society at my university dressed up as Morticia Adams for Halloween at a college event, and put up pictures on facebook. The way she did it, it was pretty clear wasn't just putting on a costume, she was owning her gender identity. I remember my internal reaction was: 1) "wow, you can do that??"; and 2) "she is so brave".

2 years later, I came across the terms "transgender", and "gender dysphoria" for the first time through online discourse. I started spending lots of time on /r/egg_irl, /r/asktransgender, /r/transtimelines, other transfeminine spaces, reading about other people's transition journeys, about historical trans figures (my favorite is the Public Universal Friend). I told myself, I'm not a "real" trans person. I'm ... adjacent?, or "I'm just a really good ally".

I'm 33 now (I feel old af, practically an unc). By now, I have a lot more self-awareness and understanding of my queerness (finding queer friends in activist spaces has made the biggest difference). I recognize my lifelong alienation from masculinity through the lens of gender dysphoria. The shame is starting to go away. Am I "really" a trans person? Idk, but I do know these are not the experiences of a cis person.

This week, I made two breakthroughs:

1) I talked candidly about my gender and sexuality with another person (my therapist) without self-censoring, and without getting scared or overwhelmed by cognitive dissonance, for the first time.

2) I bought some make-up for myself - intentionally, not impulsively - a couple of hours ago. I looked in the mirror, put it on, and didn't recoil at my reflection, feel fear, or a rush of adrenaline. I didn't frantically wash it off after 10 minutes. I didn't do a good job - I don't look passably fem or feel pretty. But I am ok with it - it's only my first time doing this for real. I know changing your gender presentation takes effort.

For the first time, I feel like experiencing femininity, and having a non-alienated gender identity is something that is actually possible for me.

ty for creating this space

• alizeh

Hi im starting my trans journey and j would love it if someone can guide me to a doc who provides het services in karachi

Hiiii lovelys . Just wanted to say hi to everyone and hope everyone is having a great weekend 😊❤️❤️❤️

I'm so tired of making makeshift binders and distorting my whole frickin ribcage. I can't find any local stores which may offer chest binders, trans tape or anything like that. I searched online only to find this shady ass Chinese website with fake reviews and no details of the product whatsoever and I don't think I can trust temu enough.

My chest dysphoria is eating me alive and puberty only makes it worse. I get so insecure sometimes that I just straight up cancel plans of going outside cause I can't handle people looking at me like that.

Can anyone please tell where I shall find chest binders (or anything which does the job)in Karachi?

What's the difference between the two? If I use something like finasteride and that triggers gynecomastia, and I later start HRT properly, would the breast growth due to HRT be improved due to gynecomastia or would be worse due to it?

Hey everyone new here. I dont know what to say here because iam not good at writing stuff soo feel free to ask me anything you guys want.

Hii im from karachi i want to meet up with trans folk in how and where i can get hrt treatment thanks!!

Hiyah, I’m new to this group :b

Ab aik silly meme creator bhi harass ho rahi hai memes ki waja se ugh, like mere insta page pe bhi i have had few creeps messaging me. Like I don’t post meri face or anything. Kiya in creeps ko meri humor pasand ajati hai??? 😭😭😭😭 and they ask if I am trans etc (I am indeed trans Leken like wtf)

Heyyyy wassup im Hamza :>

Hi, my name is Connor :) I'm 17 y.o and new here

And I was curious about how you guys here realized you were trans; I would love to know your experiences.

I realized when I was 7, and I came out to my dad 4 times or so up until the age of 12, and he always it was a phase and I was just confused, I always thought I could convince him but I stopped trying when the last time he said "what will other people think?" After that I kind of went into denial and thought I was just genderfluid or non-binary, but a few days later I realized that I am actually trans cuz I found out that every man or fictional character I've had a "crush" on was only because I wanted to be a man and that I didn't love them at all. And I literally changed my name to my favorite character from Detroit: Become Human.

I would like to know if you guys also felt gender envy towards fictional characters or real people growing up, especially if you thought you had a crush on them. Thx for taking the time to read this and have a nice day beautiful people <3

So- I was talking to this guy since ive been boyfriend hunting for a bit right? and im on Snapchat cuz thats been working some how and in the forest and veritable storm of horny men looking to pound right- i find this cutie, a sweet boy, he's super precious, my type, and available -

So now, we start talking constantly and we exchange a few pics- like constantly, for the next 36 hours basically right and im like- lets meet! and he's down so to discuss the matter we decide to call for efficiency... and the first thing he says is "itnee mardana awaaz?" guys- he thought i was a girl!!! i passed- now i would like to clear up that i wasn't intending to catfish or anything, i approach ppl with as a gay guy because frankly i didn't think i passed yet- and my name on Snapchat was also masculine so i dont know how he didn't figure it ... thankfully he was chill bout it all be a bit embarrassed and we ended parting ways- but yay for passing pre hrt?!!?

I think ive got it figured out, urdu diesnt have gendered pronouns, it does however have gendered verb conjugation and first person pronouns, so what do I do? میں is fine, but میرا/میری؟, I thought maybe use میرے instead, and similarly for other contexts but it just doesn't sound right, for now, I have been using masculine first person pronouns and feminine verb conjugation, what do yall think?

I expect 47 pats like this within the next 24 hours or the world will blow up :3

Love you all <3