How old do you have to be to decide to change your gender (from female to male)? and some other questions?

aren't there steps to it? like, changing the hormones?



can you do all that without actually having a surgery?



what about the legal stuff? are you officially a male or female? what would it say on your passport or drivers license? M or F?How old do you have to be to decide to change your gender (from female to male)? and some other questions?
I agree with LeahHow old do you have to be to decide to change your gender (from female to male)? and some other questions?
start slowly with the hormones then get the surgery
Without parental consent, I think it is 21, or get emancipated.
i would prob say about 18. you do have to take hormones. to become a woman legally you need to take the hormones and have a sex change. about the legal stuff you have to show that you have went through all the steps to become a woman. once youve done all that the state will legally consider you a woman. on your drivers license it would say female
Without parental consent/support you need to be 18 (in the USA).



The steps vary depending on what you need or want done. The first step though is seeing a gender therapist:



http://www.DrBecky.com/therapists.html





Transition is a long, expensive process. For example my transition took 4.5 years and about $80,000. I didn't change my gender, I changed my body to match my gender.



I highly suggest you join an online support forum so you can talk to other trans guys and learn more. A couple that have good active sections for trans men are:



http://www.Susans.org/forums click ';transsexual talk'; guys are on top.



http://www.lauras-playground.com/forums/





Some inspiration for you:



http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/T





Other sites:



http://www.TheTransitionalMale.com



http://www.FtMGuide.org





And a book:



http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Becomin







Good Luck!

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There isn't really a definite age you choose that. You don't even really choose it. You just sort of know. But you don't normally begin gender reassignment surgery until you're 18, and even then you have to do at least one year of counseling, not to change your mind, but make sure it's what you really want. And you also have to live your life for an entire year as the opposite gender to be absolutely positive it's what you want. Otherwise the vast majority of certified surgeons will not perform the surgery.
Nobody decides to change their gender. Gender is fixed. You mean medical transitioning.



The ages vary based on where you live, in a lot of forward thinking regions you can gain access to puberty stalling hormones at a young age to ensure a time delay to discuss all the pros and cons of using hormone replacement therapy.



The first step is finding a doctor who will refer you to specialists. They then determine you are trans and will send you along to an endocrinologist who will start testosterone therapy. About a year into that you can begin looking into surgeries.



There is no ';one way'; to transition. There are guidelines sure, but nothing is mandatory except for keeping yourself safe and ensuring you are happy with the results. Anyone who says otherwise does not have your best interests at heart.



Legal stuff varies from region to region again. I live in Ontario, my driver's license reads correct (male) whereas my birth certificate (and all documentation that relies on it) has yet to be amended. I'll have that fixed in mere months though. All I needed to get my license corrected was a letter from my doctor stating I am male, and that my license should read as such (I got the letter written the same time my legal name change came in).



Am I officially a male or a female? That depends on which level of government or what organization you are speaking about. That's how arbitrary the two option system is. I am still the same person, yet I am technically no longer a person? It's all bull. I am a man, I always have been.
The youngest total, complete trans in the world was a male to female in Germany. she was 16.



i think you must have surgery, and you would be, at the end male and that's what all your documents would say.