Dallesse, 51

As cliché as it may sound, I truly am a woman in a man's body and I identify as such. My "gender" is female, regardless of the fact that I was born and grew up in a male body. I've been on Hormone Replacement Therapy going on 2 years now. I've had an Orchiectomy and Scrotoplasty, but I have no intentions of having full reassignment surgery because I recognize the fact that I'm too physically masculine to ever pass as a female, despite having my identification updated to reflect my true gender.
My gender has never been something I felt the need to prove through outward presentation. Although I love girly things, I realize that most feminine outfits were not designed with my kind of physical shape in mind. There are some sites I frequent that only know me as female, because my femininity is never questioned when my physical body cannot be scrutinized. On that same note, I have never discriminated against anyone who expressed an interest in me based on their outward appearances.
I was very skeptical about transitioning because I knew that I would never "pass"... my reasons for choosing to were more internal. I knew that my female psyche was at odds with the testosterone being produced by my body. Removing this conflict has helped put me at ease, to an extent. I still feel the pangs of Gender Dysphoria when I look in the mirror, but I know that at my core I am a person capable of providing love and companionship, as well as being someone who deserves those gifts in return.
There is so much more to me than meets the eye. I am a very genuine, caring and nurturing person who does the best they can to accept what cannot be changed and chose not to trade one act for another. I seek stability, honesty and monogamy in a relationship built on friendship and trust. I am very affectionate, but my affections are reserved only for my love interest.
My philosophy: The body is just a vehicle; the soul is the driver. The gender of the driver is not defined by the vehicle.