By
legs on
May 6, 2009
I’d like to start this off by saying that I’m new at this – not only to genderblogs but to blogging in general. I read blogs, but I’ve never – strangely enough – felt compelled to comment or join the dialogue until finding this blog, which is wonderful. Thanks to all of you who write [...]
Posted in General, Non-Binary Specific Issues
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By
webmaster on
April 15, 2009
Stuck in Loneliness
April 15th, 2009
By Monica F. Helms
(This is the 3rd and final installment in the “Stuck in . . . ” series.)
We all know that loneliness does not limit itself to LGB or T people. This feeling probably strikes 100% of the human population at one time of another, many living in perpetual loneliness for most [...]
Posted in General, Non-Binary Specific Issues, Transition Stories
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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
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
webmaster on
December 17, 2008
Article from wikiHow
If you have recently learned of a transgender person in your life, you might not understand their identity and you may be unsure of how to act around them without offending or hurting their feelings. The term “transgender person” in this article means a person who does not fully [...]
Posted in General
| Tagged gender identity, respect
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