I'll make this short and sweet.
I'm so blessed for the years and healing I had with my old t, but I would go female after all that...for a number of reasons, but mainly how I see now in hindsight I was stunted in a couple of areas by his being male.
He was wonderful, and even asked me if it was an issue when I had such difficulties. "No" was always my response. I was honest because I just didn't see it in the moment. In hindsight, I was wrong. It still worked and we were able to overcome that for the most part, but I feel I could've gone further faster if I'd been working with a female because alot of my issues surrounding abuse from a male and the discussion is difficult.
Good luck, hon!
KD