Pinned“What is your embodied experience of your gender like for you?”My body and I have barely been on speaking terms for a long time. Since puberty, pretty much, although the onset of middle age with all the…Aug 31, 2024Aug 31, 2024
On the little thingsA common experience I’ve had, on coming out as trans to cisgender women friends, is that at some point in the ensuing conversation they’ll…Sep 2Sep 2
Clothes do not maketh the womanSince I finally jumped off the cliff edge into the abyss of acknowledging my transness, a little under two years ago, I’ve been on quite…Jan 3Jan 3
The trap of trans sexualityThis one is going to be hard for me to write. In my journey from five decades of repressing my true self under a heap of shame and…Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2024
Rock, meet Hard PlaceIt was February 2023 when I finally admitted to myself that I’m trans. It’s now late December 2024, and I’ve been on HRT for about six…Dec 28, 2024Dec 28, 2024
Peeling back the layersWho am I? Well, there’s the rub. After five decades of survival mode masking and repression, I’m not sure how I’m really supposed to know…Sep 21, 2024Sep 21, 2024
Policing the gender binaryI have a problematic older family member who isn’t aware (yet) that I’m transgender. They’ll be the last to know, because… well, did I…Sep 18, 2024Sep 18, 2024
