I find myself discouraged with the world, whether the politics and war in Ukraine, or the politics here at home where I appear to be living in Ray Bradbury’s fahrenheit 451 with the conservatives defining reality by objecting to that which they don’t like. Even going so far as to impose a life sentence in…… Continue reading Winter
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How to Pass
Let’s start with what the goal is, you’re a trans woman or trans man and you want to travel through life unhassled by people. To do so you need to fade into the woodwork. My advice is going to be centered around trans women, but it applies as well to trans men. Trans men, generally…… Continue reading How to Pass
Growing Weed
I’ve taken to using medical marijuana to help with Parkinson’s, depression and anything else that might get caught up and helped. Unfortunately it isn’t exactly covered by insurance. Here in Mass it’s legal for both recreational and medical use though and I’m able to grow my own. I’ve always been an avid DIY sort and…… Continue reading Growing Weed
Bio Sex and Reality
Drives me really nuts. There are all these people who ask these questions that include the terms biological female or male as if it were a real thing. I thought I’d get it off my mind along with some information about genes and get to sleep. As an added plus I can cut and paste…… Continue reading Bio Sex and Reality
Transition and GRS work well
A question that appears fairly often on Quora is about whether people regret transition and in particular GCS. The question is a good one from a lay viewpoint since even a naive knowledge realizes that such surgery is largely irreversible. The focus is, like many of these questions, on the MtF transitioner, ignoring FtM. FtM…… Continue reading Transition and GRS work well
Advice on obtaining GCS
You need to follow the standards of care set out by WPATH. You will have to be living full time for a minimum of a year and on HRT for at least a year if there is no medical reason not to. You will need recommendation letters from a therapist or psychologist plus a medical…… Continue reading Advice on obtaining GCS
How to be a good friend to trans people
Or… how to be a good friend to anyone who is in some way different or out of the norm. I answered a question on Quora about why it “sucks” to be trans and answering a friend’s comment realized that most of the problem roots in the difference of trans people from the norm and…… Continue reading How to be a good friend to trans people
The Toranado Extruder
The 3d printer project continues unabated as does my introduction to these new things as well as the reintroduction to things I haven’t seen (if they even existed) since college. It really is a blast. The Extruder The Toranado Precision Extruder is a continuing project to improve on the relatively crappy extruders that are supplied with…… Continue reading The Toranado Extruder
Spotting Scam Artists
If you’re like me, you’re rebuilding. Especially relationships of various kinds. The reasons why are abundantly clear, if we don’t we can have some mighty miserable times, especially around the holidays. Disconnected from old friends, in my case married friends, I’m not invited to events they’ve planned, others, newer friendships that are just starting to…… Continue reading Spotting Scam Artists
Vaginoplasty
i don’t watch the TLC program about Jazz growing up. Not because she isn’t a bright lovely person but because as a transperson with her own lived experience and plenty of others stories read, the desire to add one more just isn’t there. Still, I knew from ads on TLC that the new season started…… Continue reading Vaginoplasty
My Gifted Life 