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On December 01 2012 21:35 Quanticfograw wrote:
Hmmmm very interesting. Question.... Do you have any tips for people who are trying to tell their family and friends about being trans? I can't imagine this was even remotely easy and how did you personally do it?
Do it when you're ready. It took me several months to build up enough courage to tell my parents in person. A letter/email or over the phone is probably easier because being face to face is really hard. Unfortunately I psyched myself into believing the worst would happen which made it even harder to do (and why it took so long), so be ready for anything but don't automatically assume the worst is going to happen.
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I love you DorkCell, but you should come to Dota2 and play with me (eff HoN i ditched that shiz)! I wish you all the happiness and good fortune in the world. A question I have, does using a feminine voice ever feel natural? I couldn't imagine always having to consciously make my voice more feminine. Is there anything out there where over time it can become your "natural" voice or will you always have to consciously change it?
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On December 02 2012 12:07 Kickstart wrote:
I love you DorkCell, but you should come to Dota2 and play with me (eff HoN i ditched that shiz)! I wish you all the happiness and good fortune in the world. A question I have, does using a feminine voice ever feel natural? I couldn't imagine always having to consciously make my voice more feminine. Is there anything out there where over time it can become your "natural" voice or will you always have to consciously change it?
It probably becomes natural after a while. Plenty of people move to different countries and pick up on accents, you probably eventually end up having it take over your original voice.
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On December 02 2012 12:07 Kickstart wrote:
I love you DorkCell, but you should come to Dota2 and play with me (eff HoN i ditched that shiz)! I wish you all the happiness and good fortune in the world. A question I have, does using a feminine voice ever feel natural? I couldn't imagine always having to consciously make my voice more feminine. Is there anything out there where over time it can become your "natural" voice or will you always have to consciously change it?
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It will be natural over time, just have to use it all the time. Right now to use it I have to consciously do it, making sure I have my larynx in the right position/speaking in the right place etc. Probably within a year it will become natural too me and I won't have to think about it. Just takes time and practice :3
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On December 02 2012 11:15 Dark.Carnival wrote:Show nested quote +On December 01 2012 21:35 Quanticfograw wrote:
Hmmmm very interesting. Question.... Do you have any tips for people who are trying to tell their family and friends about being trans? I can't imagine this was even remotely easy and how did you personally do it? Do it when you're ready. It took me several months to build up enough courage to tell my parents in person. A letter/email or over the phone is probably easier because being face to face is really hard. Unfortunately I psyched myself into believing the worst would happen which made it even harder to do (and why it took so long), so be ready for anything but don't automatically assume the worst is going to happen.
for me, although it was more of telling people I "crossdress" or "Hi I wear what I feel like wearing and do what I feel like doing but not being trans", I basically put all my thoughts into a single text file about gender identity, what I felt/whatever, organized it, and just messaged some people about it on facebook (since my relatives live like hours away from me anyways)
(although I forgot to put some of the definitions... also need to update the file... ugu)
and even though it was just crossdressing/androgyny/(I'm feeling maybe partially bigender but not sure atm, need to look into it again), rather than full-on transgender was kinda difficult to tell people... until I was like (internally) SCREW what everyone else thinks >___< kinda thing
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On December 02 2012 17:30 zhurai wrote:Show nested quote +On December 02 2012 11:15 Dark.Carnival wrote:On December 01 2012 21:35 Quanticfograw wrote:
Hmmmm very interesting. Question.... Do you have any tips for people who are trying to tell their family and friends about being trans? I can't imagine this was even remotely easy and how did you personally do it? Do it when you're ready. It took me several months to build up enough courage to tell my parents in person. A letter/email or over the phone is probably easier because being face to face is really hard. Unfortunately I psyched myself into believing the worst would happen which made it even harder to do (and why it took so long), so be ready for anything but don't automatically assume the worst is going to happen. for me, although it was more of telling people I "crossdress" or "Hi I wear what I feel like wearing and do what I feel like doing but not being trans", I basically put all my thoughts into a single text file about gender identity, what I felt/whatever, organized it, and just messaged some people about it on facebook (since my relatives live like hours away from me anyways) (although I forgot to put some of the definitions... also need to update the file... ugu) and even though it was just crossdressing/androgyny/(I'm feeling maybe partially bigender but not sure atm, need to look into it again), rather than full-on transgender was kinda difficult to tell people... until I was like (internally) SCREW what everyone else thinks >___< kinda thing
It's tough to come out to people about anything, be it being gay/trans/whatever. If you're comfortable and happy with who you are I wouldn't worry about labeling anything and it definitely helps to not care what other people think.
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Holy shit what the fuck. That voice change. That is actually like, wow.
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On December 03 2012 21:05 EtherealDeath wrote:
Holy shit what the fuck. That voice change. That is actually like, wow.
lol watched it cuz of ur comment, was not disappointed holy fuck
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Do you think Scarlett should have been able to compete in a all girls tourny? Keep in mind. "apples to apples" Not trying to offend anyone here. Serious question.
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On December 04 2012 09:08 QxGRockEr wrote:
Do you think Scarlett should have been able to compete in a all girls tourny? Keep in mind. "apples to apples" Not trying to offend anyone here. Serious question.
Why not? She identifies and presents as female so that should be enough. There's not really any advantage to being male or female in starcraft, there are just way more males because it's socially more acceptable for males to play video games.
On December 04 2012 03:40 HeavOnEarth wrote:Show nested quote +On December 03 2012 21:05 EtherealDeath wrote:
Holy shit what the fuck. That voice change. That is actually like, wow. lol watched it cuz of ur comment, was not disappointed holy fuck
If you're talking about the youtube video I linked, yeah her voice is amazing. That video was really what inspired me to begin changing my voice because of how successful hers was.
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On December 04 2012 09:08 QxGRockEr wrote:
Do you think Scarlett should have been able to compete in a all girls tourny? Keep in mind. "apples to apples" Not trying to offend anyone here. Serious question.
I think because she identifies as female, yes she should.
Darkcell you are awesome btw 
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Darkcell is an awesome person. She mentored me and helped me improve in starcraft when our lazy team management wouldn't 
I'm not trying to point the finger at anyone or put the blame on any individual person, other than QxGFograw. 
PS: Good luck on your journey Darkcell, I wish the best of luck in your pursuit of happiness.
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On December 06 2012 03:15 luckylefty wrote:Show nested quote +On December 04 2012 09:08 QxGRockEr wrote:
Do you think Scarlett should have been able to compete in a all girls tourny? Keep in mind. "apples to apples" Not trying to offend anyone here. Serious question. I think because she identifies as female, yes she should. Darkcell you are awesome btw
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On December 06 2012 05:27 Smigi wrote:Darkcell is an awesome person. She mentored me and helped me improve in starcraft when our lazy team management wouldn't I'm not trying to point the finger at anyone or put the blame on any individual person, other than QxGFograw. PS: Good luck on your journey Darkcell, I wish the best of luck in your pursuit of happiness.
thanks smigi ♥
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Glad to see you are receiving a great deal of love. What other steps do you do to change your voice besides practice? Is there supplements? Any sort of stretching? I have to imagine the depth of a voice is somewhat linked with testosterone so in theory you would think that if you had a diet that was shown to encourage estrogen production it would help your tone as well.
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On December 18 2012 01:21 Quanticfograw wrote:
Glad to see you are receiving a great deal of love. What other steps do you do to change your voice besides practice? Is there supplements? Any sort of stretching? I have to imagine the depth of a voice is somewhat linked with testosterone so in theory you would think that if you had a diet that was shown to encourage estrogen production it would help your tone as well.
for MtF's, hormone therapy does nothing for the voice. Once you've gone through puberty the only changes are surgery and practice. Surgery is really risky and for most isn't worth the cost/risk, and doesn't really give good results. So the best option is practice and the super best option is to find a speech therapist that has experience with trans patients. Either way it still requires time and effort.
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