PinnedMember-onlyKnocked off Another PedestalRecently I participated in a Veterans Administration survey. It primarily revolved my treatment at VA facilities as well as background on my life as a transgender woman. Included within the survey were heavy questions on had I attempted any surgical gender intervention, as well as treatment I had personally received…Surgery3 min readSurgery3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyA Transgender LifeOften I am amused when less than knowledgeable individuals or transphobes say we transgender women or trans men had a choice of transitioning our gender. Those of us who are in the middle of traveling a gender transition path know our decision was never a choice. …Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyHow to be TransgenderWhat a question…right? All of us most certainly have a different but yet oddly similar answer to the question. Along the way here on the blog we have created quite the niche with transgender women who have decided to complete their gender transition later in life. A commitment such as…LGBTQ3 min readLGBTQ3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyTrans Girl in a Gay BarIt wasn’t too long following my coming out of my gender closet when I began to try to go to gay venues to express my authentic self in a relatively safe space. There were several I began to frequent quite a bit. Then there were others I was made to…Lesbian4 min readLesbian4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyIt’s a Transgender MarathonPerhaps you have heard the saying “It’s a marathon, not a race.” The saying really applies to transgender women and trans men. Recently on social media I have seen several posts from novice cross dressers or transgender women or more or less put on a dress and began to proclaim…Marathon3 min readMarathon3 min read
14 hours agoMember-onlyYou Have to Own ItAs a transgender person, one of the main accessories we can have is confidence. Of course, when we change genders, confidence is very difficult to come by and then even possess. In my case I needed to go out in the public’s eye sometimes in very questionable outfits before I…Fashion3 min readFashion3 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyPassing as a GoalFirst of all, let me contradict myself and use the term “presenting” instead of “passing”. I just think it is more appropriate because presenting describes more accurately what we are trying to achieve. By saying I was trying to “pass”, I was just trying to fool someone into thinking I…Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyIt’s a New WorldWithout bringing up too much unpleasant history, it was possibly the time of Donald tRumpt’s election when it became more and more in vogue to outwardly criticize transgender citizens. I have an example. A long time acquaintance of mine moved from Ohio to Texas eight years ago and lives full…Transgender2 min readTransgender2 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyTwo Alpha Women and a Trans GirlOver the years as I write about frequently, I wonder quite a bit how I turned out the way I did as a transitioning transgender woman. Recently I have come to realize I experienced a serious battle between two alpha females and one lonely transgender girl was what was going…Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyWhat You Don’t KnowYou don’t know what you don’t know is so appropriate when it comes to describing a lengthy transgender transition. Similar to anybody else, I had my predetermined ideas of the steps I would need to go through. Very early on, I was so involved in looking the part I failed…Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
