Transgender

Part 1: Why it took me so damn long to just let myself live. Plus: why are plastic surgeons better at gender affirming care than queer clinics? — Hello! By the time this piece drops on the afternoon of June 1st, I will have already undergone bilateral, double-incision top surgery in the early morning hours and will hopefully be recovering comfortably at home. While I’m away from my keyboard, let me tell you a little bit about what…

We’re quickly approaching a time when ChatGPT will force us to reckon with what we told ChatGPT to say, to do, to be — versus what ChatGPT actually is — The full video is available early for $3 Patrons. Or just hit the notification button for the Instant Premiere! What is intelligence? How do we determine whether something has intelligence? And when does that intelligence cross an existential line from intelligence to now evolve into sentience?

Love truly does transcend gender! — I am an optimist by nature. Despite how dark or troubling a topic may be, I always strive to find the positive. However, I must admit that this tendency is being sorely tested lately when I read or watch the news. There are so many examples of polarization, hate, discrimination…

Pushing all the buttons: kids, sports, bathrooms — The fact is support for transgender rights has ebbed over the past seven years, and that is indisputable. If you listen to right-wing pundits, you would think that the transgender community was guilty of ‘overreach’ — that Trans radical activists (that’s me) pushed an agenda that was repellent to most…

OK, said the pack of hungry tigers — When I was small, we had the Free to Be…You and Me children’s cassette tape in our house. (I’ve written about it before.) One of the numbers was a mini-fable: “Ladies First.” For those who don’t have three minutes right now to listen to it: In this story, a…

My name is Laura Halls, and I’m a genderfluid asexual. But that’s only part of who I am. — I wanted to do something a little bit different with this article and maybe go into a different territory from what I usually write about, in honor of Pride month. Usually, I spend my time on LGBT issues and wider political issues, so it seems fitting to give myself a…

The pinkest of pink panties have my butt covered today! — It’s hard to find panties that fit my male body. I bought a 6 pack of panties with my wife about a year ago with intentions to flip them for a profit online, but nobody bought them. Lucky for me, they fit my body really well! Most panties don’t hold in the boys very well. These panties are so silky…

You don’t know what you don’t know is so appropriate when it comes to describing a lengthy transgender transition. Similar to anybody else, I had my predetermined ideas of the steps I would need to go through. Very early on, I was so involved in looking the part I failed…

I am simply transgender — Today — June 1 — marks the beginning of Pride Month 2023, a nebulous period both for those in the rainbow community as well as out. For those outside the rainbow, Pride Month is viewed as a time to acknowledge your LGBTQ peers and ancestors. Support ranges from well-intentioned to…