Daria Phoebe BrashearTransition is a journey. Don’t go it alone.It made for a rough evening, the night before New Years’ Eve 2014, as I read a story of a trans woman who took her own life. I couldn’t…Dec 30, 20162Dec 30, 20162
Daria Phoebe BrashearScanning for anomalous genderI stripped away anything I thought might trigger an alert, including my boots. I fully expected the usual admonishment. But I had a…Oct 11, 2016Oct 11, 2016
Daria Phoebe BrashearPittsburgh, it’s not you, it’s meThe signs ahead of me presented a choice, as had the journey to this point. I paused and snapped a picture before heading under the sign…Jul 20, 20161Jul 20, 20161
Daria Phoebe BrashearinGender ShrugThe still-wrapped giftThe bicycle beckoned. “My body aches to be used,” I explained.May 15, 2016May 15, 2016
Daria Phoebe BrashearinGender ShrugSecond-guessing my gender transitionIt’s been nearly a year now since I marched out of the City-County Building in Pittsburgh, flush with a court order, around town to update…May 10, 2016May 10, 2016
Daria Phoebe BrashearinGender 2.0Gender’s in my pants? What pants?It was Mother’s Day, 2014. Everyone had just departed and I was now left to tidy up the house. I’d cooked for the family, as in years past…Mar 31, 20164Mar 31, 20164
Daria Phoebe BrashearThe Value of Empowerment“You are empowered,” she said. It was the second time in the last few sessions she’d said it to me. The context this time was a little…Nov 4, 2015Nov 4, 2015
Daria Phoebe BrashearMore than the sum of the partsIn spite of having a great day to that point, things went downhill over the course of my dinner, only to bottom out as the evening…Oct 17, 2015Oct 17, 2015