Sometimes a person will go back. They will decide that having gone from Jim to Jane they want to be Jim again. If they are doing this early in the process then really it may be for the best – you don’t always know until you’re knee deep how you feel about it. It isn’t…… Continue reading Detransition
Category: Transition
Growing more comfortable
I was driving back to work after a very nice lunch with an old friend. He and I have known each other for about twenty five years. We had a nice conversation, and we’ll get together again in a month. The restaurant was nice too, high end mexican food, really nice presentation. I got both…… Continue reading Growing more comfortable
Overcoming Imperfection
(from Quora) When I came out to my rabbi, after I had stopped sobbing uncontrollably, one of the next things I said was that I could never be a real woman. Some time passed by. A couple of months later I was seeing a therapist for gender dysphoria and expressed the same feeling. My therapist…… Continue reading Overcoming Imperfection
Thoughts on Passing Better
For male to female transgender people it can be a challenge to move through the world. If we can do so with a minimum of trouble we are generally happy. Trouble could be something simple as a harsh look or being called sir by a clerk, or trouble could mean being physically assaulted or worse.…… Continue reading Thoughts on Passing Better
Advice on Coming Out
I’ve been doing this for a while. All I’ve concluded is that there is no one right way, but there are plenty of mistakes you can make. Here are some don’ts and do’s. Don’t assume the reaction you get is genuine. People are mostly going to tell you what you want to hear, and that’s true…… Continue reading Advice on Coming Out
Memories from 2012
I thought it might be helpful to review some of the process over the last five years. I’m going to include representative posts and some of the better responses I received. For privacy reasons I’ll remove any names. End of June 2012 I find myself in this ungendered state. I was talking to our rabbi…… Continue reading Memories from 2012
What do you want to know
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Trans children, what’s the correct course?
There was recently aired a BBC program on the debates around properly treating trans kids. I’ve read reviews, but the program itself can’t be seen outside the UK. However, we can talk about the subject without getting too deep into a program. On the one side is the thought that a gender dysphoric kid should…… Continue reading Trans children, what’s the correct course?
Happy New Year 2017
with only a couple of changes from the post to the NuttyKats forum, an excellent place to be a transsexual. Added comments in parenthesis in italic It has been a great journey through thick and thin. (five years in April 2017) There’s this large group that helped me move through the swamp and miasma that hid…… Continue reading Happy New Year 2017
Remembering…
We, each of us, have a story that tells how we become who we are as adults and as the people we are today. These are some of my signposts. Some are subtle, but most are not even close. As I transitioned I lived my life again. I recalled times, thoughts and events from twenty,…… Continue reading Remembering…
My Gifted Life 