I am glad I found this board after performing a google search and so far I have seen a lot of support for each other. I hope that I can be a good contributing member.
I am 29 yrs old and finally come to the realization that I was transgendered last May.
I have been cross dressing since I was young. Been caught by my parents a few times. Surprisingly I was never chastised for it but it did concern them. It was not that it was allowed but I had felt guity when caught so I only did it when noone was home. After I moved out of their house when I was 17, "the box" pretty much got buried in the back of my closet.
I met my wife in 1999 and we got married in 2001, the year our daughter was born. I love my wife and daughter to death and would not trade them for the world. My wife knew that I had a cross dressing fetish when we got together but because I knew it bothered her I held off. But now for the most part. she accepts it though we have never gone out while I was en femme, except twice when it was winter and I wore my tench coat. We do have some issues but for the most part we love each other a lot. The funny thing is, she has bought more clothes for me than I have bought for myself. In fact I now have more dresses than she does. Which is ok because we are about the same size
My daughter is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I love her to death and would not trade her for the world. I am really hoping that the world will be a more accepting place as she grows up knowing her father is transgendered.
I am a senior support technician for a call center and actaully love my job. My manager knows that I am transgendered but he also knows that I understand there is a time and place for everthing. But hey at least I get halloween to "dress up".
I do not have much family on my side but they all know. My mom has seen me en femme once(that is after I came to terms with being trangendered), granted it was in night gown. Other than that my sister and my friends(that know) have only seen pictures.
I am big time into anime, or at least used to when I had the money. It is amazing to see how many series are out there concerning crossdressing and/or transgendered characters. Granted most of them are comedies, they don't make fun of the people just the situations.
Well I am being a little long winded and I hope that this is the start of something great.
Calina Leigh
I look forward to reading more from you. 
