Archive for the 'Life' Category

Before You Ask

Alternative title: “The Surgery” Although there are many interesting things about being transgendered one that always surprises me is people’s infatuation with my genitals. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked “Have you had ‘the surgery’?” or “Do you have a penis?” I will say, I bet if I had a dollar [...]

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Born A Boy

One of the most frustration things is when I’m told “You were born a boy, you can never change that.” I admire the concept, the idea, that gender is just that simple. That gender is something that is set, stuck. Who made these rules? Who decides these matters? Our society, culture, civilization, our vain attempts [...]

Monday, January 17th, 2011

It Gets Better

Shortly after the death of six youth due to bullying on their sexual orientation or their percived orientation the It Gets Better Project launched to help raise awareness and stop this type of bullying. I decided to join the voices of President Obama, Hillary Clinton and thousands of other notable (and not notable) people to [...]

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Little Things

Sometimes it’s the little things in life that bring us the most joy. I recently experianced one of these while at work. Little Girl: “Why is that boy dressed like a girl?” Mother: “Because he feels like a girl on the inside.” Little Girl: “That’s confusing.” Mother:  “It is kind of confusing, but you don’t [...]

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Not dead yet

Well it’s been three full months since I’ve updated this blog. So what have I been up to? Well life I suppose. It seems that life has gotten in the way of me blogging about life. One major thing that has been going on is I have been constantly seeing a therapist since January and [...]

Thursday, April 8th, 2010