Musings of a woman who happens to be transgender
It seems straightforward, right? It's a yes or no question, so the answer should be one of those options. But as with so many other facets of gender and transgender experiences, the real answer is "it depends on your point of view".
This much is clear: laws which prevent transgender youth from accessing medical care are not in the best interest of those transgender youth.
I am tired. I am tired of my humanity and dignity being debated.
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.
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.
The next thing I knew, I was waking up in the recovery area.
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.
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.
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!
I recently had my name legally changed. For such a simple thing, a lot had to happen. Here's the basic process...
