Just now when I thought things were basically over, I’ve had another rude awakening. Perhaps it was just about my personality. I can’t take all the info out of this post – those who know me personally in the Jewish community will know where I attend and other details, but I’ll leave those out of…… Continue reading Do People Ever forgive and forget
Tag: transgender
On Cis Dating and the Golden Rule
Let’s distinguish two things. It is not, in my opinion, transphobic to not wish to date someone for any personal reason. It might be something as simple, for a male, as wanting natural children and seeing no point in dating someone who cant bear a child. I wouldn’t hold it against them. Refusing to acknowledge…… Continue reading On Cis Dating and the Golden Rule
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
The Earliest memories of a trans kid
I have dated my earliest memories for the longest time to age six. But I was thinking about it the other day and I realized I had these earlier memories. I was three or so and with my mom shopping in downtown Ossining, NY. We were at Hilliker’s, a small department store on Main St.…… Continue reading The Earliest memories of a trans kid
Vulnerability of a pronoun
(Modified from a Quora answer) I don’t get offended when people accidentally screw up pronouns with me. I even had that discussion today with my eye doctor who was apologizing for my last office visit and I told him it really isn’t a big deal. I’ve been his patient for 20 years and he still…… Continue reading Vulnerability of a pronoun
Gender Expression these days
I’m going on five years this coming Fall on HRT. October 2013 is when I first swallowed a small purple 1mg pill of estradiol and I haven’t stopped since. It reached a peak at 4mg and when back to 2mg after surgery removed the testosterone production equipment. Astonishingly my body still is changing in small…… Continue reading Gender Expression these days
Timelines
Not everyone progresses in a straightforward way from say male to female. There can be hiccups, detransitions, and decisions to go back to the status quo ante for any number of reasons. For example, it is a really common pattern among cross dressers and even some trans individuals to periodically purge. They’ll build up a…… Continue reading Timelines
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
Being Self Confident
Wow, that really didn’t make sense to me for the longest time. Either it was a technical subject I know, in which case I claim my ground to the extent I have expertise, or it’s some other sphere and it was a foreign concept in many ways. A foreign language. When it comes to being…… Continue reading Being Self Confident
What’s wrong with the US?
When Pakistan passes a transgender right’s bill and the United States president is doing his best to role back what few federal protections were passed under president Obama, there’s something drastically wrong. It is literally, not figuratively now the case that a transgender person would have more protected rights in Pakistan than in much of…… Continue reading What’s wrong with the US?
My Gifted Life 