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There are a lot of myths and misinformation about gender reassignment surgery for transmen, commonly called Phalloplasty or "Bottom Surgery".

You have woken again groggy from the deep sleep you just enjoyed and you are staggering towards the bathroom. Flicking on the light, your eyes take a few seconds to adjust to the jolt and you begin to focus in on the face you have seen every day of your life. But wait, suddenly you start to notice...Hair! Facial hair has begin to bud due to your testosterone treatments!

People often wonder about things that are strange to them. Things that are different peak their curiosity, but if they do not understand what they see then they can get scared. The fear leads to anger and sometimes violence. So here are some facts about transmen everyone should know in the hopes that the light of education will crush out the anger of fear.

There can be a lot of pitfalls when it comes to transitioning from female to male. There are things you cannot foresee no matter how much planning and preparation you do. Things come up, emergencies happen, people react in different ways. Here are five of those things that no one told you about transitioning.

So your transition is underway and you are looking forward to the doctor finally prescribing you estrogen and some testosterone blockers so that you can get your show on the road. You have heard so many things about what the hormones might and might not do to your body.

So you are finally, FINALLY, walking out of your doctor's office having just been injected with your first dose of testosterone. You can still feel the sting of the needle as you walk down the street and you feel powerful, strong, in control. You can begin to feel the power of the testosterone rushing through your veins and it's more than you expected, because no one really knows what to expect until it's their turn. But what now?

If you have just begun your transition from female to male then there are going to be some things you aren't familiar with. The alpha male head nod, the art of the handshake and most importantly, how to pick out a suit.

Written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, Dallas Buys club takes you on a ride with the last hours of a dying aids patient in the height of the HIV epidemic that took place in the 1980's and continues until today. Starring Mathew Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof, Jennifer Garner as Eve and Jared Leto as Rayon, a transsexual woman stuck with the same fate as Ron.

Fallout 3 Wanderers Edition is basically Hard Core Fallout on Steroids. More guns, more ammo, more, and smarter, enemies. Your V.A.T.S. is not as accurate as it used to be and its going to take a lot of food, water and medical supplies to get you across the barren wastelands of Fallout 3:Wanderers Edition

Written by Austin Bunn and John Krokidas, Kill Your Darlings follows the young life of Allen Ginsberg as he is accepted to college and meets some of the most influential people he will ever meet in his life.

As a member of the transgender community have you found yourself to be particularly vulnerable and a more popular target for trolling? ? Have you ever been trolled on line or in person by people just because you are transgender and for no other reason? A good chunk of your time is spent trying not to let people "get your goat" and ruin your day/evening, self esteem or the strength of your gender identity.

Do you have a panic attack every time someone misgenders you, looks you over or asks for your identification? ? Does needing to use a pubic washroom send your blood pressure souring and you start to shake as if it ten below zero under your skirt? So much so that you avoid situations that might put your gender identity under scrutiny and give you feelings of panic and dysphoria? Here are some ideas about how you can combat panic attacks and make your transition more enjoyable.

I have heard many transgender people complain that when it comes to the human rights campaign for equal rights in the LGBT community that the "T" is in fact silent and often gets ignored or overlooked by other members of the LGBT(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community.

Since you were a very small child you have felt an urge, a need, to live in the gender that you feel most comfortable in. You have always felt that you should be someone else. You should be treated like someone else, dress like someone else and act like someone else. You secretly wish that you were born the opposite gender that you, through the fickle finger of fate, came into this life as.

Have you ever been misgendered? Someone looks at you for a split second and in that infinitesimally small amount of time decides if you're a boy or a girl. A decision that cannot be changed in their mind even on a conscious level. Hitherto you are now a "X" and they will refer to you as such even if they try themselves to change their ways. On a subconscious level, imbedded in stone, is your gender even if you know they are wrong and tell them so.

Now Imagine that not only are you depressed, but you also have gender dysphoria. Your transgender and the entire planet seems to have an opinion about what you should wear, how you should walk and where you can use the restroom...

For years I have heard of , and been accused of participating in, the transgender agenda. I googled the term and immediately came up with a YouTube video explaining that the transgender agenda as the following: "the Illuminati silently pushes the transgender agenda to brainwash the sheeple into accepting their wet dream of a society filled with androgynous mindless drones reigned by their hermaphrodite reptilian alien antichrist."

Written and directed by Leon Ford, Griff the Invisible is a delightful romp into the often misunderstood world of love, mental health and delusion. The lovable Griff struggles his way though daily life all the while keeping a secret from his co-workers and friends.

Credit: http://couldhavetakenitsolo.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/elitism.jpg      Transgender elitism is a scourge amongst the transgender community yet continues day after day, year after year and generation to generation. Directly contributing to the deaths of transgender people all over the world. Elitism is defined as " the belief or attitude that some individuals, who form...

Wikipedia defines envy as " a resentment which occurs when someone lacks another's quality, achievement or possession and wishes that the other lacked it". It can be one of the most common cause of depression, anxiety and body dysphoria in the transgender population.