First of all, let's get one thing straight. I am a woman. I was born with a penis, my body followed the typical development for male bodies, and more than likely, I have XY chromosomes. But I am a woman, and I always have been.
I am Woman!
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.
A Trip – Part 1: Departure
The night before, I expected to be unable to sleep, but instead, it came quickly.
A trans woman is a woman (and she never wasn’t a woman)
Q: When does a trans woman become a woman?
A: A trans woman is a woman. She never wasn't one.
Review: “My new vagina won’t make me happy” (NYT)
This past weekend, the New York times published an op-ed piece by Andrea Long Chu entitled "My New Vagina Won't Make Me Happy (And it shouldn't have to)". This column caused shock waves through the trans community for many of the things the author said and the way she characterized different aspects of her experience as a transgender woman.
Here is my response.
See You Next Time!
I sat down to write about how I'm feeling about my upcoming surgery. Here's what came out.
Honor
An essay which started to be about Pride, but where I found that I had another, better word to describe how I feel about being transgender.
Why I am having bottom surgery
This may end up being the biggest life-changing event of my life, and there is a lot of anxiety and fear as I approach it.
I've been asked many times some variation of a fundamental question: why do you need to have this surgery?
The short answer: because I do.
