The weeks following my first post-op visit started slowly, with me only able to move around within the apartment at first, then small trips to the grocery or pharmacy.
A Trip – Part 4: In Motion
A Trip – Part 3: Unpacking (and repacking)
I'll be getting a bit more graphic in this post, discussing some of the more, er, bloody details. If you don't like blood and other by-products of surgery, you might want to skip this post.
A Trip – Part 2: Emergence
The next thing I knew, I was waking up in the recovery area.
What is Gender? (Part 1)
I've been coming up against this question a lot lately. I'm not claiming to be an expert now, but I've learned a lot more, and have developed thoughts and theories to explain some of the issues we face now.
Gender Confirmation Surgery (skip if you’re squeamish)
With this post, I'm going to get into a medical procedure (surgery) which reconfigures a person's genitals. I'm going to include links to pictures and discuss body parts graphically (in a clinical manner. If you're squeamish or don't really want to see this, please skip this post; it's ok, I understand.
What’s in a name? – Part 2
When we left off, I had just been granted a legal name change by the court system, and I thought I'd made it through the hard part. I was so wrong! Compared to updating my name everywhere else that it is used, the legal system was a breeze!
What’s in a name? – Part 1
I recently had my name legally changed. For such a simple thing, a lot had to happen. Here's the basic process...
Misconceptions about trans people
There are a lot of misconceptions about what being trans is like, about how it feels, why people are transgender, and so many other things! I'm sharing a number of things that some trans people wish others would understand.
EMDR – Part 3: What did I learn?
My EMDR sessions often lead to me having epiphanies about myself. This post gets into some of the epiphanies I had as a result of my first session (dealing with a painful memory).
