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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By
transidentitythief on
February 19, 2009
How do people feel about the interchangeability of the words transgender and transsexual? I have always winced at the word transsexual and I really embrace the word transgender and I’m not sure why. I would consider myself trans to a certain extent but include neither suffix. Nor am I really ‘out’ as trans, people assume [...]
Posted in General
| Tagged FtM Specific Issues, relationships, transgender, transman, transsexual
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By
zilcomo on
February 16, 2009
i recently put on a benefit/party…Gender Bender Extravaganza…and i ordered a soft pack…i did not expect to feel sooo attached to the fake thing b/n my legs…but i love it= i felt empowered (which bothered me) b/c i love my vagina…but i want to wear this cock around…i like the bulge in pants and [...]
Posted in General
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By
jamie on
February 7, 2009
Being “stealth” means very different things to different people. You get some people who choose to be stealth, and see the bounds of that as telling their partner, but nobody else, whereas other people can see being stealth as not wearing the transgender logo on every single item of clothing, or maybe not shouting it [...]
Posted in General, Politics, Transition Stories
| Tagged activism, blending in, discrimination, gender identity, passing, stealth, struggles
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By
jamie on
February 6, 2009
To all the older transitioners who tell me I’m doing what’s right
When I came out to myself as trans, I thought “okay, this makes it easy now. I’m trans, everything makes sense, I’ll go on testosterone, get top surgery, and then be happy”. I was an idealistic sixteen, and hoped that it was that simple. Nothing [...]
Posted in FtM Specific Issues, Transition Stories, Young People
| Tagged boi, boy, FtM Specific Issues, mental health, older transitioners, struggles, support, trans, transyouth, young
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By
transmanaz on
February 4, 2009
For those of you who read my writings, you’ll find this one is different than others. It’s not insightful, or humorous, or ranting about something or other. It’s simply about a situation I’ve found myself in within the last few months.
You see, I’ve been mentoring a young FtM friend online for several months now. He [...]
Posted in Young People
| Tagged father, parent, son, transyouth
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