If you aren’t transgender and/or haven’t experienced gender incongruence / dysphoria, the likelihood is you won’t be able to understand the transgender experience. But all is not lost!
Q: How can I understand transgender people?
Happy Pride 2019
June 28, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the start of the Stonewall riots in New York City. These riots are considered by some to be the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The first anniversary of the riots in 1970 was honored by the Christopher Street March, which has evolved over time into... Continue Reading →
Happy Not-the-Momma’s Day
I'm a woman who is a father. I'm a woman who is a husband. These are not things people are accustomed to dealing with.
I am Woman!
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.
Revisiting: “My New Vagina Won’t Make Me Happy”
When I responded to the New York Times op-ed piece "My New Vagina Won't Make Me Happy", I was about 6 weeks away from having my own vaginoplasty. I'm now about 12 weeks post-op, and I have a different perspective now that I'm on the other side of surgery.
Review: Girl (2019) (Netflix)
Warning: there are spoilers in my write-up. I'll do my best to mark them, but if you don't want to see any spoilers, you might want to skip this post until after you've seen the movie. The movie Girl (on Netflix) was recently released after creating a buzz within the transgender community for having a... Continue Reading →
A Trip: Part 5 – Arrival
While I still have a long ways to go, to me it feels like I'm closer to my destination than I am to where I started.
A Trip – Part 4: In Motion
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 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.
