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Doubts and Dysphoria

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 [...]

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This tranny worries far too much about passing

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 [...]

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trans… relationships? etc…

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 [...]

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A Boi’s Perspective (on transitioning at a young age)

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 [...]

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