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Giving up my membership to the itty bitty titty committee: part one

Giving up my membership to the itty bitty titty committee: part one

My first top surgery was on 12/14/2012. The story I'm about to tell isn't the norm, but it's mine. Learn about my decision to get top surgery, what I did to access it, the surgery, and waking up.

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Dec 31, 2023
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It’s been eleven years since my first top surgery. This is the first part of my story.

The beginning

My grandma was the first person to ask me why I hid my chest.

“Why do you always hide your chest?”

I must have been in elementary school; the details are fuzzy. I remember that I didn’t have an answer for her. Who knows what I said in reply? Maybe I shrugged…

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