Thank you very much for the nice response. It’s comforting to hear that i’m not the only one around here who had a realization later in life. I worry about fitting into trans and queer spaces for a while with how I look and act…but hopefully some of that will change. I do know some cool people who will probably ’get it’ but I guess we’ll see.

Also thank you, again, for the advice and resources. I am in Canada and live in a big city so it’s not bad wrt trans folk here, my doc did say he’d give me a referral to a specialist and there are some clinics that dispense HRT. But looking at some of this stuff it does seem like DIY methodology and available products are actually well thought out. I may look into procuring something anyway even if things work out w the medical system here.