Dear Miss Laura,

I am a Transgendered Male to Female MTF) who wants to grow breasts and retain my Male function. I guess you could say I want to be a Shemale. What drugs do I need to take so I can order them through an overseas pharmacy. I live in the US?

Breathless.

Dear Breathless,

You do realize that the question you ask has started more flame wars then a close encounter with a volcano. Its not so much that Transsexuals wants to keep this information secret as it is a matter of grave Philisophical differences.

The hormones I've been prescribed are listed in various articles on this site. So its easy to find out what I take but of course that doesn't mean that what I I take is right for you.

I know you don't want to hear this but you should only take prescription hormones under a Doctor's care. Why , you ask? Because they can cause some adverse reactions. One is Blood Clots. Before you say that this won't happen to you, let me tell you it happened to me. My Docotor treated the clot, and stopped my hormones for a while. If everything goes right I hope to restart soon. The point is I would've died if I was not under a Doctor's care. Other effects could be liver toxicity.

If you live in the US it is illegal to obtain prescription drugs without a script. That doesn't stop people from trying it anyway.

Here's one possible outcome. I'm assuming of course you want to remain to remain stealth and keep it quiet.

You paid your money to an overseas Pharmacy and they ship your order. US Customs intercepts the order. They then ask you to provide proof of a script. If you don't answer them they have been just returning packages to the pharmacy, so you try again.

With the shameful way government has been treating Trans people lately here's another possible outcome. Customs decides to enforce the law, so they show up on your doorstep this time. If you can't provide a script you could be arrested so now everyone will know. You've just effectivley been outed by the government. Plan on at least a night in jail. Don't count on the government following policy and placing you in a women's facility. Do you really want to be a transgendered person in a men's jail?

At this point I'll just leave you with your worst nightmare come true.

Do yourself a favor. Do it the safe and legal way. Obtain a Gender Counselor who will recommend and Endocrinologist to provide you with prescription hormones and follow the course from there. Its certainly better then being a prison girlfriend for a couple of years.

So the choice is up to you. I certainly know what I'd choose. What about you? One other way of course is to use Herbal Hormones . This way its at least lega,l so far.

Laura Amato