Nicola Dinan – Medium

Published in ZORA

·Jul 30, 2019

Longing For Acceptance, I Turned Toward Home

I went back to Malaysia whilst in transition, unsure if I would be welcome — The decision to medicalize my transition was enthralling but afflicted with sadness. As I swallowed the blue pill and slapped a patch onto my body for the first time, I knew my relationship with London, where I live, would be secure. I couldn’t say the same for my home, Malaysia. …

Transgender

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Longing For Acceptance, I Turned Toward Home

Published in Human Parts

·Jul 25, 2019

I Didn’t Want Kids Until I Began Transitioning

Creating a family of my own felt impossible until I rejected the confines of society — and biology — A laboratory analyst in teal scrubs leads me into a room. There’s a clean sink in the corner of the room and a low leather armchair facing a TV that sits high on the room’s cream walls. The room is lifelessly functional. In one hand, I hold a plastic bag…

Infertility

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I Didn’t Want Kids Until I Began Transitioning