Are you exhausted yet? I am! And I still have a ways to go before I've updated my name in the important places.
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...
Is it worth it?
"How can it be worth it?" I wrote a short story which might help explain some of my experience.
Q&A
In May, reader Lois Lane accepted my invitation to ask questions and gave me three good ones. I promised to answer them, but life got a little complicated for me for a while and I haven't answered them... until now.
“How do you know you are female?”
What do you say when asked "How do you know/what specifically makes you feel you are male/female?"
HRT, part two – I survived testosterone poisoning!
HRT has helped me mentally, and has had some effects on my body physically. Here are some of the things I've learned so far.
HRT, part one – will it reduce my dysphoria?
I've been on Hormone Replacement Therapy for over a year, and it's changed my life!
Red pill or Blue pill?
As I make my way through this journey, I'm often surprised to find that while I feel like I have figured so much out about myself, I still have the same questions and doubts as I did when I first started down this path.
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.