January 2009
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transmanaz on
January 22, 2009
Many people upon meeting me, or just discovering that I am a Transman, ask me who I am, and ask me to share more with them about myself.
I have always found this difficult to share. Oh, there are a lot of words to describe the type of person I am, to explain why I do the [...]
Posted in Spiritual
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By
transmanaz on
January 19, 2009
A blog comment on one of my friend’s blogs came up in my email today that touched upon a subject that completely eludes me as to why a certain discussion occurs within the transgender community. The subject of these discussions is the (apparently) never-ending argument of the differences between the meanings [...]
Posted in General, Non-Binary Specific Issues
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By
transmanaz on
January 18, 2009
A friend of mine and I have been engaged in an email conversation, which evolved into a discussion about transgender people not being able to easily “blend” into society. My friend is a male to female transgender woman (MTF), and I am pasting here a portion of what she wrote, followed [...]
Posted in General, Non-Binary Specific Issues
| Tagged blending in, equality, relationships, stealth
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By
transmanaz on
January 17, 2009
I can’t count the number of times I’ve been asked “Why (or When) did you decide to become a man?” In the beginning, I felt angry when someone asked this. I’ve since realized that they are asking because they have a need to understand, they are asking for education. Turning my initial anger into seeing [...]
Posted in FtM Specific Issues, General, Transition Stories
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By
transmanaz on
January 14, 2009
For us transmen, the top surgery, I believe, is the most important milestone (after the testosterone). Speaking for myself, I’m a little guy, but I had those darned BIG protrusions sticking out of my chest. When I say big, I mean large DD’s, on a guy only 5′4″ tall.
Binding is probably [...]
Posted in FtM Specific Issues
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By
transmanaz on
January 13, 2009
Someone asked me yesterday if there was anything they should be aware of during the recovery period after chest reconstruction surgery. Besides following all of the post-op instructions that will be given to you, here is what I found to be the most important instruction of all.
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The most important thing during recovery is to have EVERYTHING [...]
Posted in FtM Specific Issues
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By
transmanaz on
January 12, 2009
[crossposted from another of my websites)
RE: pain levels
Several people have asked me about the pain I had from my top surgery. I know that everyone is different as far as pain-tolerance levels, but I consider myself somewhat of a “wimp” when it comes to pain.
BUT – I describe my own pain from surgery like this: Think [...]
Posted in FtM Specific Issues
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By
transmanaz on
January 11, 2009
Laugh all you want, but it’s true, and I have finally figured out WHY after all these years of NOT having this problem.
I first noticed it last year. Imagine my surprise. 46 years old, and I had never had lint in my belly button. Recently it dawned on me that it’s due to one of the [...]
Posted in FtM Specific Issues
| Tagged belly button, hair, nose hair, shaving
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By
transmanaz on
January 10, 2009
I posted a page in the FtM Mentors website to all the transguys, and realized that I’d like to get the word out to everyone invovled in transgender issues. So I am cross-posting it here, in hopes of finding a few of you who want to get involved in helping to reach the world and [...]
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