March 2009
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By
transmanaz on
March 30, 2009
For those of you not on Facebook, I am reposting this here so you’ll know what happened when I went to Hawaii to pick up my boy earlier this month. Thanks to all of you for the supportive comments on the Facebook note (over 30 comments). If you aren’t my friend on Facebook, be sure [...]
Posted in General
| Tagged abuse, brainwashing
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By
jamie on
March 17, 2009
Doubt and Dysphoria
Dysphoria is a constant in my life at the moment, but so is doubt of my trans status.How can these two things coexist, I ask myself a lot. I think it’s because the dysphoria is a horribly uncomfortable physical sensation but I can never quite identify whether it is a discomfort with having these [...]
Posted in FtM Specific Issues, General, Transition Stories, Young People
| Tagged FtM Specific Issues, personal, young
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By
jamie on
March 8, 2009
Pride – Freakish or Fun
I’ve always been a big one for gay pride marches, especially when there’s a bit of trans* pride in them as well, and although I’ve only been to one so far, I love the atmosphere, and I plan to get myself to two this year, so imagine my surprise when a transwoman said that [...]
Posted in General, Politics
| Tagged activism, discrimination, gay rights, pride, symbols
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By
jamie on
March 8, 2009
This idea was sparked off by Kiunna’s wonderful post on “I think trannies worry far too much about passing”.
What is ‘passing’ in a trans* context? I’m trying to work this out for myself. Or, more, I know what it is (being read as the gender you identify as) but I can see two rather distinct problems [...]
Posted in General, Transition Stories, Young People
| Tagged blending in, FtM Specific Issues, passing, struggles, transyouth
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By
Kiunna on
March 7, 2009
The other day in class, my teacher told me I have a strong voice and that I might wanna be more careful of my tone in the future. I took it pretty hard. Granted, I’d had a pretty bad day leading up to that point, but I immediately started wondering if he knew, if someone [...]
Posted in Transition Stories, Young People
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