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Lady Withsass is the pseudonym this blogger goes by. In this post, our blogger takes you through a point in time when she made her first appointment with a gender therapist and brings you up to date as to what's going on today.
She ponders:
So it leaves me wondering, is this as good as it gets? Will I ever get
to enjoy the simple pleasures of doing the little things that I have
always wanted to do as a woman?
It's not a perfect world for Lady Withsass or her honey.
I feel for her.
I feel for her honey
And, I feel for the woman who left the anonymous comment on this post.
It's just not a perfect world for many of us.
This is an interesting, well written, post to read. What My Life is Like Beyond the Curtain, is from the blog, Ordinary, Average Woman.
When I discover a new blog, I always go back to the first post. This one is worth reading. Go here for that post.
I often drop by Kathleen's GenderBlog. Most of her posts can leave the reader deep in thought, but make for quick reads.
Her latest post, Spending Life Among Women, is a good example. In her post, Kathleen comments:
Some of us adapt to spending time with women very easily; others of
us haven’t yet let go of male behavior patterns, and speak to women the
way they spoke when they lived as men.
Interesting comment and a good example of the kind of thoughts she offers in nearly every post. Stop by and take a look.
GenderBlog is not the only site Kathleen maintains. There's also Gendersong, which has a wealth of material in it including information of interest to transsexuals, transvestites, and crossdressers.
For those who have had prostrate cancer and intend to transition, there's a very good section here, that you won't find anywhere else.
If you find either of these sites of interest, be sure to let Kathleen know.
Meg has had an interesting series of posts discussing her views of the "endpoints" for trans folks. Specifically:
- Occasional crossdressing
- Full-Time crossdressing
- Full Gender reassignment
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Gender fluid
Meg has a post up titled Endgame, discussing her thoughts on just how far a transgender person goes before reaching the "Endgame". It's the first in a series of posts. So far, Meg has posts up on three of the four categories.
Go here for the first post in the series, Endgame.
Meg follows up with:
Endpoint: Full Time
Endpoint: Gender Fluid
Endpoint: Gender Reassignment Surgery
Endpoint: Occasional Crossdressing
Meg is a prolific blogger, always with something to write about. Drop by her site and leave a comment if you wish.
Thanks to Halle for pointing out this series of posts from Meg's blog, Call Me Meg.
Before I get to the featured post, I wanted to point out a comment that was left on our previous post. The comment involves Father's Day which, in the USA, was yesterday, June 15th. I looked for a Father's Day themed post, but couldn't find the one I wanted. If this commenter had turned that comment into a post, I would have loved to have featured it.
Today's featured blog post, This Broke My Heart Tonight, is from Joel's REtransition blog. Joel wanted to remember Zoraida, another recent victim of a hate crime.
In Joel's words:
It absolutely breaks my heart that this young and promising life was
extinguished and left for garbage behind a Dairy Queen. There are far
too many stories like this and this is why you will NEVER hear me use
the term “trannies” as a blanket epithet to refer to transwomen.
It has been our policy to feature a broad spectrum of blogs on T-Central. Joel's blog is about his re-transition, from male, to female, and back to male. I very much admire his courage to write about a subject that is seldom discussed.
Go here, to read about Joel, and go here to check out some interesting links on his well thought out website and blog.
If you do nothing else, however, please remember Zoraida "Ale" Reyes in your thoughts and prayers.
I recall since the time of puberty looking at women and being drawn to
them physically but also desiring to emulate and dress like them. I
would admire their feminine beauty all the while wanting to possess it
for myself.
I'm sure many of you reading this might nod your head and say, "I could have written this!"
You know, that's what I love about many of the trans-related blogs out there. The author shares his or her thoughts and it's that sharing of thoughts that helps many of us to better understand ourselves. These words come from Joanna's recent post, The feminine allure.
Joanna's post deals with the burden placed on the partners of those who are gender dysphoric and her admiration of those who attempt to better understand their partners.
The blog is titled Musings of my everyday life... Please take a few minutes to go over there and read her current post. While you're there, take a look at some of her past writings.
Cyndi and Sevan are speaking from a perspective of their part of the world, but I must admit that I have had similar thoughts.
Cyndi writes:
Currently there is a toxic atmosphere in the halls of the LGBT. Gay men who
have long held the reigns of power have recently en mass let transsexual women
know just exactly what they think of us. We have been ridiculed and attacked
numerous times over simple issues of respect. Where we have asked for the
dignity to designate for ourselves what we find to denigrate us, we have been
ridiculed, shamed and told to grow thicker skin. The problem is that most TS
women I have known do not have thick skin enough to take betrayal. We can
handle the slurs and bigotry of the outside world. We have been fighting it
since the beginning of patriarchy. But to have ones supposed allies turn on you
in the midst of battle is an untenable situation.
I've seen it to, and I'd add some in the lesbian community to that list.
Take a look at this post and a couple of the more recent posts from this married couple. Leave comments here or, preferably, on their blog, Candiussel Corner.
The People - Personal Thoughts
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GENEVIEVE'S GEMS
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*Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.*
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FAB
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Shifting Sands
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The Royal Australian and Ne...
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Femulating Failure
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I've never seen so many pricks
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Just to continue my eventful journey to the States. I ought to make it
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To my many readers and followers:
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Hi to my many readers and followers:
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Success
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medieval brigands and robins
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I don'...
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Rainbow Reading: December 4
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It’s a Clothes Thing
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but th...
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Acca scuse me!
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My two favourite things to do in the evenings being the social pariah that
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by the...
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‘We Don’ Nid No Librrr-ul Ed-jee-kay-shun!’
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* ‘We Don’ Nid No Librrr-ul Ed-jee-kay-shun!’ (1 Dec 2019) * Today’s
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Not A Life Choice – Day by Day
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Sometimes you just have to plant seeds and see what comes up. I haven’t
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The Art of Disclosure
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take ...
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Let’s talk about emotional health. For the last few years, I’ve felt a sort of emotional...
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Let’s talk about emotional health. For the last few years, I’ve felt a sort
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5 days ago
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Dear Politician….
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I get it. You want people to vote for you. You want people to think you
have your finger on the pulse of topical issues. You want to be seen as
progressive...
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Taking it slowly
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Oh dear, my blog's a little bit neglected, isn't it? Blame the limited
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Ally?
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I am going to try this post and see how it goes. My mission is to try and
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to be...
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Big night tonight, Gender Reveal Party
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Having a few people over this evening to meet Jessie.
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Tarot
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Katie recently purchased a Tarot deck in hopes of learning a new skill. If
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attr...
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Exposure Thing
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I stepped out onto the pavement, still damp but at least it wasn’t raining.
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How to recharge?
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Hi,
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Wednesday night dinner at Podnah’s pit BBQ
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It will...
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An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior in animals
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*An article in The Washington Post presents a new approach to same-sex
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that hete...
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Friendsgiving
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Love this idea to me it is one of the best ways to link people together and
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my me...
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A Better Boat AKA Giving Thanks
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As you may have noticed, I use music in many instances to help me to
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Thanks for All the Turkey!
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religious...
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Yet another phishing attempt
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Oh no! I recently received a text message about my debit card from CIBC –
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alert...
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Everybody Needs Some Time
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Going to kick off with an admission that I absolutely hate November. It’s
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Gender euphoria through singing
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Wow! Where did the time go?
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16 months since my last update! Sorry about that folks. But if you have
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Defining myself
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I am so distracted and thinking about where I want to go with who I am. I
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The Story of My Breast Augmentation Surgery
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Rory’s / Thank you for being you post
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Rory asked what does a complement look like to you? Well this is what it
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Transgender awareness in schools.
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The maleficent U.S Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kicked off the school
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Bear With Me
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So, I was visiting my friends A and B north of the border recently and made
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Glamour
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Glamour, it's that word again, last time we looked at glamorous lingerie,
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A Natural Woman
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Bno
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My suit case for the weekend was so big it was the only thing that would
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For weeke...
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20th anniversary of a specific trauma
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For 20 years, I’ve been churning and mulling over, obsessing and ruminating
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I Miss 2012
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I was 16, it was the last year of high school. My school had two different
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Tedium and embracing me
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I’ve been neglecting my writing for a while now. I just haven’t had
anything new to write about, nothing exciting to say. I could report of the
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New article: Transnormativity in the psy disciplines
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Today sees the publication of the first full article from the Trans
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Thank you for supporting the blog – please help me to help you!
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The Three Little Pigs Reimagined
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For a school project, CJ had to design a set for a production of The Three
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Fembot Frolics
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************ And now, in video form, my latest solo with Cardiff Cabaret
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Trumpism is Becoming a Religion
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Is the GOP Again Out of their Depth of Understanding on Trans Issues?
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In a recent comment a GOP lawmaker says that "Aiding minors' transition
surgery should be a felony".
a Quoted from a recent article in The Hill:
Medical...
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NaNoWriMo 2019
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It’s that time of year again, time to sit in front of a computer and try to
write. NaNoWriMo 2019 has officially begun! Can you feel it? The
exhilaration, ...
5 weeks ago
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Another Halloween in the books.
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9:30 pm Halloween night, we just finished dinner. It's been a long day.
The office had a potluck today, I brought a cake. I didn't prepare my look
and o...
5 weeks ago
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Alive and sittin' (and rambling)
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Hey Internet, long time/no blog! What's new with you? Oh that's pretty
cool!
As for me, well it's mostly more of the same. Here's the latest:
Due to so...
5 weeks ago
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The Summons
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I was summoned to the Managers office this week .. and asked to shut the
door . .. Gulp!
My mind was in turmoil as to what I had done wrong, was I bei...
5 weeks ago
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There’s no place like home
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On October 22nd I left Portugal for the final time, leaving behind a job I
didn’t like, a city that was very meh, at best and several people who I
know I w...
5 weeks ago
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Sexy driver [Flickr]
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Sandra M. Lopes posted a photo:
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5 weeks ago
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My heart is just breaking
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It is believed (according to this article) that the young lady pictured
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the horrif...
1 month ago
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Three Cheers for the Department!
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I have written my share of criticism of the Department of State on various
issues, both policy and personal. State was a second career for me that I
began...
1 month ago
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Transferring to a new Blog
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Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am forced to close down this blog
and open up a new one. Please visit my new blog, "Dotting I's and Crossing
T...
1 month ago
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Never say never again…
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So, way back when I announced I wouldn’t be blogging any more, because my
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in Cr...
1 month ago
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Standing Up, Speaking Up, Moving Up
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It’s almost a year since I posted anything on this blog. Just a case of
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1 month ago
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For young crossdressers who are confused and scared
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I started to write this as a private response to a young person expressing
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life,...
2 months ago
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Compliments and whatnot.
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Surprising as it may seem, I do occasionally get people criticizing my
clothing choices. They tend to use helpful and insightful terms like
“wanker” or mak...
2 months ago
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Working on a New Book
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Hi everyone! Excited to announce I am 21k words into writing my first
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2 months ago
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September 2019 - New Mk 3 Blog commenced.
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I have not updated this blog for a while for many reasons but I have now
decided to commence Mark Three Blog of K.D.s life were you will now find it
here -...
2 months ago
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One step back, two steps forward?
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NSFW: Adult content As I have remarked on many a previous blog entry, I
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medical ...
2 months ago
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‘Modern Love’ essay: the gift that keeps giving
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The essay that keeps giving returns to the spotlight, in a manner of
speaking. Modern Love editor Daniel Jones has revised his compilation of
essays to coi...
2 months ago
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September’s Blog
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Hi folks and followers, It’s been forever since I’ve posted anything new
but it really hasn’t been that much to report. I’ve decided to do a monthly
post...
3 months ago
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Open Letter to Jo Maugham
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Dear Mr Maugham,
I was dismayed to read a number of tweets from you, in which you infer that
you take a “balanced” or “neutral” position on trans rights...
3 months ago
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Lucy's thoughts - one year on
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Recently it was the 1 year anniversary of the Sunday Mirror article. So
much has happened in that year, personally for us and for Trans Radio UK.
As part o...
3 months ago
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epilogue
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While this blog is most definitely over, I wanted to explain that part of
the reason is that it was getting in the way of writing my next book called
"Note...
3 months ago
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I Am Female
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If you have been reading some or all of my blog, the title of this post
will seem a bit odd. From previous posts it should pretty obvious that I’m
a woman....
3 months ago
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Finding My Way
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It’s been a few months since I’ve gone back to work after my surgery.
Recovery is still ongoing, but I’ve learned the value of self-care. I had
a couple ...
3 months ago
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Natasha
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Natasha, Emailing me to ask for help two years after spitting, “Lose my
number!” into the phone before hanging up on me is so much bullshit, I can
smell yo...
3 months ago
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Mouse Hunt
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Still shaking off the rust:
If you have delved at all into the first four or five years of posts here
(and why haven't you?!), you know that my wife's re...
3 months ago
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Livin’ My Pinup Dream!
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Recently as I spend more and more time on Instagram and less time here
(sorry WordPress) I find myself drawn heavily ever increasingly to the
pinup scene. ...
4 months ago
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Kick
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Clipping behind the hedgerow, hooves on the metalled road heard by horse
field-bound, lone, looks up, shakes mane springs to life, snorts, stamps,
neighs a...
4 months ago
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And…That’s A Wrap
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In early 2012, I, quite by accident, created this blog. What began as a
way of communicating to my friends and family the lightning speed with
which my s...
4 months ago
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My take on 2019 St. John's Pride
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Well, I stayed away from the Pride Parade in St. John's for 6 years in a
row now. it's unfortunate that I don't feel welcome or comfortable to
attend with ...
4 months ago
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Full Circle
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Felix stood at the edge of the clearing. Within it stood a small, homely
cottage. A simple sign on the door read “A Tailor’s Touch.” This is the
place, rig...
4 months ago
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Sharron Davies goes Full Bigot
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Xandra goes full bitch! Whenever anyone claims to want to have a ‘debate’
about the position of transgender people in society, no matter how
‘reasonable’ t...
4 months ago
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Trucking Along
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Well… Hello there! Life happens ya know? Just straight up, get in the
groove and forget your computer exists and then you go to write and you’re
like, holy...
5 months ago
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Passing
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These days I tend to live for the moment. I get on with my job and then
enjoy the time I have left to indulge in my hobbies and be with my friends.
I try n...
5 months ago
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Gabi Talks – Meeting Praise with Self Criticism (video)
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One of my favorite activities is starting conversations with random
strangers. I love meeting people and making friends! One of my “super
powers” is findin...
5 months ago
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Life as a Trans Opera Singer
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The National Opera Studio asked me what it was like, to be a trans opera
singer – and how we could all make our industry better. So I wrote them
this – I...
5 months ago
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Cold
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When everything is dark and the church gives no light, what should you do?
6 months ago
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Perfect Scores Masking Critical Inadequacies and Failures in Trans Wellness
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I had a routine follow-up visit with my surgeon earlier this week to assess
healing from my procedure 3 weeks ago. The good news is that the
discomfort is...
6 months ago
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Part III
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It was the summer before my senior year in college. 1979. I was living on
campus, working and enjoying Ann Arbor in the summer. My mother was
declining. He...
6 months ago
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Reacquainting people at the RIPE meeting
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[Hi RIPE meeting attendee, if you happen to stumble upon this post because
you where searching for certain keywords, you've probably hit the jackpot.
I tru...
6 months ago
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A Smile That Could Light up a Room
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"I have a lot of questions for you. Do you have any for me?", I asked.
"Yes!", she said. "How do you do it? How have you kept yourself from
transitionin...
6 months ago
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Creating a lie: How trans women are portrayed as predators
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First of all, a quick apology to my readers – I’ve been out of the habit of
blogging while working on my upcoming book, Person Centred Counselling for
Tran...
6 months ago
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"99 Erics" – an update about my forthcoming novel!
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Over the last few years, I have been writing silly, surreal, sex-positive
fiction centered on a character named *Kat Cataclysm*. Back in 2016, I published ...
6 months ago
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Stonewall’s radical history
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After the Noho Pride parade on Saturday, May 4th, join me in the Tri-County
Fairgrounds to hear the radical, true story of Stonewall. Continue reading →
7 months ago
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A Change in Perspective
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I’ve found lately that I have had to change the way that I see myself
these days. For all of my talk and writing of bravery in being out and
about, u...
7 months ago
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I'M BAAAAAACCCKKKK!!!!!
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I AM BACK BIACHES!!!
HAHAHA!!!!!
Did y'all miss me?
I've had such a great, difficult, exhausting, confusing and wonderful few
years since I last posted.
...
7 months ago
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Easter Rising
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It’s been a few months since my last blogpost, and I felt today was a good
day to count my blessings. Tonight is the 3rd night of Passover, and the
day tha...
7 months ago
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The Southern Strategy Is Real
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The Southern Strategy is real and I have the proof – a PDF of a May 17,
1970 NY Times article where they interviewed Kevin Phillips, the man who
created th...
7 months ago
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Wow..so, where to start!?
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Its obviously been quite a while since I wrote here. Truth told, I had
almost forgotten about this page until I was listing relevant experience
for a magaz...
7 months ago
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Clearing Dad’s house
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When Dad died, it didn’t shock me — I’d been expecting it for a while. And
coping with his funeral was OK, too. But neither affected me so much as the
chor...
8 months ago
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What The Heck Is A Conservative Christian TG Gal?
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I use the phrase "conservative christian TG gal" to describe myself, but
wanted to clarify that phrase briefly in a blog post. The "conservative"
in my d...
8 months ago
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Afterword
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If you’re wondering where the rest of this blog has gone, I’m sorry to
disappoint but after hinting at it for a while, after reaching a particular
mileston...
8 months ago
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Getting one's life back
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Well, (counts...) nearly 5 months between posts is a record, even for
me. But as one might imagine, I've had other things on my mind. Surgical
recovery...
8 months ago
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Girl Power! (Or how I realized that I'm still craving strong female representation in superheroes at my age)
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Chris and I went to see Captain Marvel in the theater over the weekend.
So....SPOILER ALERT! I will be talking about parts of the movie. You've
been war...
8 months ago
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Sometimes
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Sometimes I look in the mirror To make sure I’m still there I trace the
scars That I made Five … More
8 months ago
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They Taught Me
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They taught me that I’m pretty. But I shouldn’t talk, because nobody will
listen. I shouldn’t try hard, because nobody will care. I shouldn’t cry,
because ...
9 months ago
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Dead Name
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It’s hard to keep up with the lingo, and I’m always learning new
words. Thank goodness for Urban Dictionary. Recently I heard the term “Dead
Name.” Ac...
9 months ago
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When it’s Spring Again
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Ok they’re not tulips, and they’re probably not from Amsterdam. Oh, and I
suppose it’s not technically Spring yet either. However, sometimes we all
need a...
9 months ago
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Risk to human rights after Brexit?
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This recent article from the Guardian gave me some cause for thought
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/13/post-brexit-trade-partners-ask-uk-to-l...
9 months ago
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Floral Obsession
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NEXT
Black Floral Print Tea Dress
Recently I've found myself becoming obsessed with floral dresses which as
led to me purchasing not one but several of th...
9 months ago
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When transition just isn’t enough anymore
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Hey everyone, I am finally back to my blog, which feels wonderful as well
as scary. It is not because all that much has happened, or because there
has been...
9 months ago
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#148 – Because I can do art once in a while
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https://www.deviantart.com/julieannem/art/SketchWIP-2019-2-6-2135-AZMT-784546398
I did mention I had a deviantArt account, right?
I did also mention on h...
9 months ago
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GRS – 3 Surgeries and One Beautiful Nightmare (Part 3/3)
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[Content warnings for graphic depictions/images of bodily functions,
surgery, suicide, mental illness, swearing] This is Part III of my little
tale about h...
10 months ago
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Detaching Myself from My Dysphoria
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The other day, I was trying to imagine how my life would be different if
I’d never suffered from gender dysphoria. The point wasn’t to create a
fantasy lif...
10 months ago
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How Transgender Woman Deep Throat without Gagging
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Oral sex comes with a lot of satisfaction for both women and men and it is
very challenging as well, especially for beginners. But if we move past the
in...
10 months ago
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Purging -- Part 2
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Last month I wrote about how I have emotional attachments to everything in
my closet. I'm thinking there are many others like me.
Occasionally I am asked...
10 months ago
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Anniversary and end of an era...
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It is that time of year again, an anniversary of note, the start of bliss
with my absolute deletion of facebook seven years ago. Unlike those who
invent...
10 months ago
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Forwards... and backwards
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Shantel VanSanten: red-hot even in black-and-whiteI haven’t posted on this
blog for a couple of years now. Regular readers – I seem to have a few;
thank y...
10 months ago
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2019 – Year of the Pursuit – Part 2
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I was going to name it differently, but then last min when I was writing
the title, I remembered that the pursuits in our lives don’t just end, they
just g...
11 months ago
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Notes for a sketch - thinking on Mermaids
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Small cafe, two middleaged women, A and B, sitting down at a table talking
in Northern English accents.
A - So whats been happening whilst I've been down So...
11 months ago
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2018 Review - Part 2
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Part 1 of my review of 2018 covered the goals I set myself. Part 2 deals
with all the other things that happened this year, and there has been quite
a bit ...
11 months ago
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Progress, slowly slowly.
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So things seem now to be heading in a scary but ultimately more positive
direction for me at last. After a recent discussion with my wife she now
seems to ...
11 months ago
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Nothing to Say...
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Just kidding. I have some stuff to say, my loyal readers.
I'm sorry I haven't kept up with this blog, but do you people really want
to know each week that ...
11 months ago
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see postings on facebook 11 17 2018
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i haven't posted anything in awhile mainly because i spend most of my
posting time on facebook.
so any of my followers can catch up on my postings there
1 year ago
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Nails III - Press on Nails - Part Four
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[Ed: Dear Reader, please find a link to Part Three or Part One if you
landed here via an exteral link.]
hile writing this mega post I went browsing in...
1 year ago
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Home alone
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Lately, I’m pleased to say that I’ve have a very strong sense of being
stable and sane. I’m not letting it lull me into a false sense of ease or
flirtatio...
1 year ago
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Problems With Pics
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Partly due to one of the cats being ill it was not possible to do the
Halloween shoot on 2 Saturdays. However last Monday I did actually get done
as much a...
1 year ago
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Time to Say Goodbye
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In honor of Samhain and Scorpio season, I’m making a decision to clear
something from my life that hasn’t really been active for a while. I’ll no
longer be...
1 year ago
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Not being heard
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I often feel like no one hears when I say something about my rights because
they chalk it up to just being about politics. They put a deaf ear to my
clari...
1 year ago
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Life Update
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Where has this blog been? Where have I been? Where am I going?
1 year ago
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Ok, just to spout out an opinion and my understanding of UMBRELLAS.
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There often and lately seems to be a question of who is trans? Who is more
trans? Who suffers more? Who has it harder? Who is an ally and who is part
of th...
1 year ago
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Brighton
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So last Tuesday we took ourselves orf to spend a couple of days away and
stay with friends in Brighton. Well it got slightly extended and we came
home on S...
1 year ago
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9-3-2018 Treatment Journal Entry #3
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Hello my darlings. As might be expected I found myself having difficulty
finding the time to write a third entry until now. In truth there were
times when ...
1 year ago
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UPDATE ON MY HEART AND MIND
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People have been asking me how things are going in our families journey in
the transgender world, but also my heart. Here is how my heart and soul
are fee...
1 year ago
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Turns Out I Was Right
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Seems the setbacks I deemed minor actually were minor. I’m down 1.2 lbs
from yesterday, and right back on track with where I was two days ago. I
could se...
1 year ago
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Crash
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Literally...
Wow, I can't beleive how long it is since I wrote the last post.
Firstly, I am doing well with the not calling myself stupid.
And whilst I am...
1 year ago
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Review of The Fence by Lusty Soul
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At one time in my life — for most of it actually — I was a male of the
species. As I read this story by Lusty Soul, long forgotten memories of the
overpow...
1 year ago
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May You Find Peace
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I have made peace with myself, and can no longer in good faith leave or
recommend the content I once posted here. Those writings were my best
desperate ho...
1 year ago
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Dear Youngest Daughter
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When we transition, so many #girlslikeus can lose family. The reasons are
not always straightforward. Family might do their best to stand by us. My
fami...
1 year ago
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It’s been awhile
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Warning: this post is different. It talks about things that may make some
readers uncomfortable – especially ones that know me personally and in
parts it ...
1 year ago
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Panties – A Special Pleasure
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In our recent poll on lingerie that trans girls and crossdressers prefer,
panties tied for first place with 25% of the vote. I don’t profess to
having th...
1 year ago
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The merry-go-round
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It’s been 14 months since I wrote a Parenting Jeremy. Up until recently
there has been nothing really of note to write about in our lives with
respect to...
1 year ago
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Next steps
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Hello blog -
Yesterday marked an anniversary of sorts for me as it was 5 years ago to
the day that I officially came out as Jaclyn to my wife and started to...
1 year ago
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Profile: Alex
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You can call me… Alex I identify as… Gender-fluid/non-bianary As far as
third-person pronouns go, … they/them and female pronouns sometimes he/him
feels ri...
1 year ago
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This Ain’t About Jobs (10/20/17)
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Maybe you saw or heard about the memo put out by Attorney General Jeff
Sessions on October 4th that essentially ordered the Justice Department to
do a comp...
1 year ago
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Last indolent Spinster Almost Daily Report from DOXA 2018
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My last laconic lazy one take video chatting about the last couple days of
the festival DOXA 2018
1 year ago
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Finale
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Unfortunately, I am finding that this blog and my life is being used far
too often as a political football to promote various agendas and the actual
messag...
1 year ago
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Finale
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Unfortunately, I am finding that this blog and my life is being used far
too often as a political football to promote various agendas and the actual
messag...
1 year ago
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Interesting Article on CNN - Why girls can be boyish but boys can't be girlish
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One topic that I find fascination is the idea of shifting gender
stereotypes and how people, particularly "men" who enjoy trandtionally
"female" things, ar...
1 year ago
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Love the kid you've got, not the one you wish you had
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Parents of LGBTQ kids, or any kids, even young adult kids,
I ask you to listen; to read and to consider:
In recent months, I've had the fortune and misfort...
1 year ago
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one more cup of coffee
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TW The hustle for work continues, which is discouraging but necessary. I’m
having relationship issues, as all anyone wants to do is date. Decided
that’s ...
1 year ago
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This Week's Calogrenant
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Herder Grin
calogrenant.com
1 year ago
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Online competition redux
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Back in April 2016, I mentioned an online competition where I won a
voucher, which I used to buy a skirt and dress, both in size XL.
According to their si...
1 year ago
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Day 1,245: Moments Frozen in Time
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I have to admit, we had a pretty good run here at So There’s That. 21
podcast episodes and 32 blog posts over the course of a year. And a little
bit of n...
1 year ago
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GET READY TO FIGHT FOR IT, OR LOSE IT
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We let this devil of a person get elected. We have been standing by while
he eviscerates our country and our democracy.
I HATE TRUMP WITH EVERY OUNCE OF MY...
1 year ago
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Flying Solo in Vegas, Part 2
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While I was happy I had arrived at my hotel room without any problems, I
was tired, hungry, and a little sweaty from the journey. I was also behind
my pla...
1 year ago
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I wasn’t sure what my curtains are trying to tell me, but then I clued in…..
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40 Days till surgery. 😂😂😂😜 I’m really excited, somewhat petrified but
not of the actual procedure and the pain after, but of the stay in a
hospital. I ...
1 year ago
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So, it's been a while.
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How've you been? It's been a while. Almost a year, looking at the last
post. Starting to feel old, but maybe that's because the kids are becoming
people an...
1 year ago
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Its been a while...
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I’m not really even expecting that anyone will remember me and read this,
but I did think that it was about time my long neglected blog got dusted
off and ...
1 year ago
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What's in a Name?
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Many years ago, while the internet was still in its infancy, I started
looking to find out information from other transgender individuals. At that
time bul...
2 years ago
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Sunday November 19, 2017 - Finally
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I started this Journey in Feb/March of 2010, when after the early death of
some clients and friends , I decided at 54 years of age, it was now or
never.
B...
2 years ago
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Where is the Washing machine?
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We were watching tele and caught the end of a who-dun-it. It involved the
death of a rugby coach and he was murdered for being a cross-dresser or
transgend...
2 years ago
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25 October Journal
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Well Folks, I am still working on my other post. I think it will be part of
the next book of my life, rather than the end of this one. I am closing
this bl...
2 years ago
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Fingernails
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little things aren't they, fingernails? Certainly nothing to get upset
about. But for me fingernails seem to have become the straw that broke the
camel's...
2 years ago
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Streetwalkers Manhattan 1980’s
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Throughout the 1980’s I had a column in ADAM magazine called Veronica
Vera’s New York. Here’s one of the treasures from my archives. I look
forward to shar...
2 years ago
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Apples & Apples
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It was my second year at the Hendersonville Apple Festival in NC. The
previous year I went with my wife, we had a great time and enjoyed the day,
despit...
2 years ago
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The Penultimate Post
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It has been a while since I have blogged on here.... a long while. The
gaps between my blog posts have slowly widened as I have begun to find
myself, more...
2 years ago
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Excuse our dust, but we have moved!
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I have moved my blog over to a dedicated hosting provider, and we have
successfully migrated over to the WordPress platform. We have our own
domain name, a...
2 years ago
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On the Pride Center of the Capital Region, terfs, and Why Martha Harvey Needs to Resign
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CW: lots of swears, lots of terfs (A quick aside on the word terf because
I’m going to use it about a thousand times. It’s not a slur. Here’s a
doctor tell...
2 years ago
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My friend's Rainbow Journey
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I recently met someone from Japan, one who I now consider to be my friend,
who is traveling around the world talking to Transgender folk and sharing
their ...
2 years ago
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Trying to reconnect with my children
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A lot has been written in the media about cis parents who grow to accept a
transgender child. Sadly, very little is available about the opposite
scenario ...
2 years ago
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What was said. What I’d have loved to have said. In Two Parts.
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What was Said. Part 1*Mrs. Bellejambes* celebrated a birthday recently.
Some of the things I picked up for her were not perfect, and one was a
complete re...
2 years ago
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I'm Not Myself
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I've been calling myself Genderfluid for just over a year now, at the time
it seemed to describe the ever changing nature of how I felt about myself
and my...
2 years ago
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That’s all folks……….
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Between 1955 and 1959, 143 episodes of “The Adventures of Robin Hood”
emerged from a tiny studio in Walton on Thames and burst onto black and
white telli...
2 years ago
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That’s all folks……….
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Between 1955 and 1959, 143 episodes of “The Adventures of Robin Hood”
emerged from a tiny studio in Walton on Thames and burst onto black and
white telli...
2 years ago
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ABC TV Cancels Downward Dog Show
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“Every Day my dog looks at me exactly the same way, like I’m the most
beautiful thing he’s ever seen. And, I just thought, what if we could see
ourselve...
2 years ago
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With Purpose
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The title of this post really highlights the way I’ve felt the last several
months and the experiences I’ve had the chance to take in. Since my last
updat...
2 years ago
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With Purpose
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The title of this post really highlights the way I’ve felt the last several
months and the experiences I’ve had the chance to take in. Since my last
updat...
2 years ago
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Transgender and LGBT++ Rights promised in UK Party Manifestos
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This piece is not written to influence how you vote in the general Election
on June 8th. it’s too late for that and in my humble opinion getting May
out of...
2 years ago
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Trans Twitter Gives Bad Dating Advice
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Trans Twitter Gives Bad Dating Advice — “You have much gold upon your
head,” They answer’d all together: “Buy from us with a golden curl.” —
Christina Ro...
2 years ago
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It has been a long time…
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since my last post. I’m still here. I am still battling with the trauma
of multiple surgeries, a disfiguring scar on my forearm, a devastating
betrayal f...
2 years ago
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I'll miss this platform
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But I don't think I'm going to keep using it. It's sad, because I've been
writing here for such a long time, and blogging for myself is therapeutic,
even i...
2 years ago
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Sex, Drugs and Southern Hospitality: An Interview with Sam Peterson
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Sam Peterson’s Trunky (Transgender Junky): A Memoir of Institutionalization
and Southern Hospitality is the rare book that’s formally experimental AND
impo...
2 years ago
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India Willoughby, transvestites deserve protection too
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Hi India, How are you? Years ago we used to frequent the same forum site
so even though we’ve never met, I view you with the same fondness I feel
for a...
2 years ago
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Thoughts and Updates
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I can't believe it's been almost a year since I've posted anything. Time
flies and we don't...
So...my marriage is still going strong. It's pretty much ...
2 years ago
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And happily ever after...
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Family snuggle timeI've retired from blogging. I've been channeling my
creative energy into other hobbies, and I'm feeling uninspired to write
about my wi...
2 years ago
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Questions related to the surgery
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As mentioned in my previous post i said i would post the questions i asked
the surgeon’s assistant. Also, this post is NSFW as there are some details
regar...
2 years ago
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We Need A “Standards of Care” for Detransitioners
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One of my biggest takeaways from attending the recent USPATH conference is
that many clinicians and other providers sincerely want more information on
unde...
2 years ago
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Apology
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Recently, I undertook the task of going through my blog posts to get a
sense of my history. It has been a bit of a humbling experience – so much
so that ...
2 years ago
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What I’m talking about
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Ok so many of you will have seen this photo, absorbed and passed it by. I
just caught it on a video artical on the BBC website. Quite frankly I was
surpr...
2 years ago
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Watching When We Rise on ABC
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I've been watching *When We Rise*, the four part miniseries on ABC about
the birth and development of the LGBT movement in America and the parts
played in ...
2 years ago
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The door is open
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One of the things that is true; and that I have been pondering, is
that when you come out, your family comes out. I mean; once I am full time,
then al...
2 years ago
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Trying Out A New Name
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I wrote just over a month ago about my anxieties about going away. It’s now
less than a week until I actually go which is really exciting. I’m pumped
to se...
2 years ago
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Stuck In The Middle Again
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How to start? I said long ago when I made my choice to back our new
President that when he did things I felt were wrong I would call him out on
it. Today i...
2 years ago
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New pics … at last!
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Finally got some long overdue “girl-time” yesterday – first time for over 2
years. I really shouldn’t leave it so long because it isn’t good for my
genera...
2 years ago
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Why I'm so passionate about the issues of others.
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*It's been 2.5 years since I've posted. I said I would post if I had
something to say and today, I do. Please note the experience I write about
does not in...
2 years ago
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We Interrupt This Program
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After writing once a week for four years. I’ve finally decided is time to
switch things up and stop posting on schedule and only post when I feel
like it. ...
2 years ago
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What It’s Like to Transition in a Small Town - VICE
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What It’s Like to Transition in a Small Town - VICE:
Writing this story was so important to me. Thanks to Amond for allowing me
to share the beauty in his...
2 years ago
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Was only a reader, till now
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Me thinks it is time to write something. I’ve been reading T-Central for
almost 7 years now. I have much …
Continue reading →
2 years ago
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Love and Loneliness
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*"I've looked at love from both sides now".... Joni Mitchell.*
Down on the seawall in my town, a few blocks from where I live, the benches
that look ...
2 years ago
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New Year, big changes.
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*Happy **New** Year!*
I begin the new year letting go of some important things. First up is the
pseudonym I have used for years. ‘Haust’ is gone, ...
2 years ago
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Question
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Is looking for an excuse and opportunity to link to and out Susie to my
family and friends on Facebook possibly the most stupid and potentially
self-destru...
2 years ago
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Questioning the Fluctuations
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This isn't the scribbling I intended (or promised) to note as I stated in
the last entry. However, it is part of my developing thoughts on this
future sub...
2 years ago
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Yuletide greetings.
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*Soon be nobody left now that Leonard Cohen is gone too... Someone else who
had to deal with depression and his music soothed my troubled soul. Just
sad to...
3 years ago
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Victoria’s Secret – The Show
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Hey, so yesterday it was time for the amazing show. I haven’t seen the show
but I took a look at a lot of pictures and it seemed amazing and I can’t
wait t...
3 years ago
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Heroes and Hope
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It’s times like these that make me feel the most hopeless. I haven’t always
been good at dealing with feelings like this. But when the future looks
bleak, ...
3 years ago
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Cultivation Corner Starting Seeds
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So you want to sprout those ganja seeds you found in your stash?
First off I want you to be sure that your grow space will be warm enough
for seed germinati...
3 years ago
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I am able to talk again
-
I am back on deck and I think more in control of myself than I have been
for quite some time. Will be making more additions to this blog as I go
along. The...
3 years ago
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Ringing the changes part 2
-
So, my first post about how I changed my name with various organisations
was starting to get a bit long, so this is a continuation. The first can
be seen ...
3 years ago
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Song for straight crossdressers
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So I found this amazing song by NOFX. It’s called “I’m a Transves-Lite”.
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgEsf8JYqVA The lyrics
given bel...
3 years ago
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September 22 2016
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Thank you. Thank you for the last four years. Thank you for letting me
into your hearts, for letting me be a part of your day, for letting me
bounce my th...
3 years ago
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My response to a post by Tyler Charles Austen
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Dear Mr Austen, On 26th August 2016, you made a post on your eponymous
blog (that means you named it after yourself) called “I Can’t Believe I’m
Saying Th...
3 years ago
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Last Post
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So this is it. The last post I’ll make here (for the foreseeable future
anyway). I’ve moved my fitness adventures over to
http://transtriathlete.com and I’...
3 years ago
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A rediscovered poem
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I found this in my 2013 dream journal, from when I was still in the closet.
My dreams were born from above, not below, or if below, in the primal
ember ...
3 years ago
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This is goodbye (A happy one)
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This is going to be my last post on It’s ok to be a glow stick. I am sad to
be saying goodbye but my life has changed dramatically and sadly, there is
no r...
3 years ago
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Identity Crisis
-
I have lost my identity.
I'm not sure if I'm still mom, wife, daughter or 911 dispatcher.
If I'm not any of the above, then who am I besides lost?
3 years ago
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Goodbye
-
It's been a couple of months since I last posted, despite my desire to do
an A-Z on the issues I find important. My absence was caused by many
things, but...
3 years ago
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The gym experience
-
My fitness in recent years has been something that I have felt has become
very important to me. I remember starting running back in the time when I
was dea...
3 years ago
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The Post-GRS Blues
-
On Twitter during the week, I joined in a conversation about Gender
Reassignment Surgery and general fears regarding such a huge operation.
Personally, GRS...
3 years ago
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Me...
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Realized I hadn't posted in a while. That will change starting with an
updated picture of me.
3 years ago
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A new audience
-
I am feeling a little humbled. I was asked last week at my college to talk
about transgender issues, to my college group of counsellors in training. I
star...
3 years ago
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A new audience
-
I am feeling a little humbled. I was asked last week at my college to talk
about transgender issues, to my college group of counsellors in training. I
star...
3 years ago
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Mid-Year Check In
-
At the beginning of this year, I wrote a post about my love of new
beginnings and my resolutions for 2016. I was not too lofty in my goals; I
attempted to ...
3 years ago
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My Return and First Time Out… again
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I’ve been trying to collect my thoughts the last few days. They have been
a jumble of emotions, mostly good. I haven’t felt this way in a long time
and f...
3 years ago
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Thoughts on the Orlando shooting
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There is something surreal, in moments like this, about being a privileged
member of an oppressed minority. I can breeze through airport security
with whi...
3 years ago
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At work
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It's definitely time for me to start thinking about when and how I'm going
to transition at work. Outside of work I'm now living as myself pretty much
full...
3 years ago
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The First Mothers’ Day
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If last year we celebrated the last Father’s Day, this year we introduced
the first Mothers’ Day. And yes, the apostrophe is in the right place. I
admit to...
3 years ago
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An Update
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Hi, everyone. I know, I know, I promised to start blogging again. And
that was a hell of a long time ago. I just found myself far too busy, and
far too ...
3 years ago
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On Being A Transwoman in a Bathroom
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To be perfectly honest, I am actually really surprised this is a topic that
presidential candidates are addressing. Seriously, it’s one thing for
people to...
3 years ago
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Feeling Positive Again :)
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I had been feeling really down about things over the last few months and I
know that my recent posts on here haven’t been very positive about my
situation....
3 years ago
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A good weekend
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It’s been a good weekend. I actually feel pretty confident that I could
pass one day. I know that’s not the most important thing, but it matters a
lot to ...
3 years ago
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A good weekend
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It’s been a good weekend. I actually feel pretty confident that I could
pass one day. I know that’s not the most important thing, but it matters a
lot to ...
3 years ago
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Goin' to North Carolina. Why Do I Feel Like A "Freedom Rider"?
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In NO WAY am I comparing what Transgender people are going through in North
Carolina to what Black Americans went through before and during the Civil
Right...
3 years ago
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My 100th post…
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This is my 100th post. I was hoping to make it a special one with a
description of another outing as Valerie, in my new modern “blending”
outfit. Unfortuna...
3 years ago
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An FAQ Regarding my Gender Identity and Transition
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Since I last posted here, almost a year ago, things have progressed with my
gender transition. More people are now learning about my true identity, as
I wi...
3 years ago
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Back
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Where is she? When is she coming back? What's happening in Tammy World?
These are all questions I've gotten over the last few months. Questions
shouted...
3 years ago
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Ghosts
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So it has been almost a year since I last posted. It is not that I’ve had
a lack of things to write about, more of a case of writers block – finding
words...
3 years ago
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Not sure what to say..
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I am not sure what to do, or what to say, depression is my only constant
“friend”, with me all the time, someone I hate, yet never hates me back.
Medical m...
3 years ago
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Back to the Stone Age.
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I think the song is fitting, It is not mine, the opinions on this page are
mine. In posting this video, I am in no way saying that this group believes
as I...
3 years ago
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End of the Journey
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I've been trying to write this post for a few days. This is actually the
third version I've come up with. Its been 7 years since I started this
blog. In th...
3 years ago
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Come Up to the Lab: My Gender Workshop
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Ever since Time Magazine proclaimed a “Transgender Tipping Point” a year
and a half ago, I’ve been exploring trans identities and expressions that
aren’t i...
3 years ago
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hiatus
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just wanted to let you all know that Will is doing fabulous in recovery
(tracking everything diligently on @journeyintomanhood) and in England for
his se...
3 years ago
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Reminder: Follow my new blog! This one is closing imminently
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This is just a quick reminder, in case anyone who cares missed it the first
time, that GenderDrift is being turned into a private blog where it can
rest pe...
3 years ago
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Being a Gender Critical woman born trans is a very lonely place to be
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My understanding of gender critical theory is limited.
There's no reference text anywhere explaining it, and questioning GC
theorists on their own turf nev...
3 years ago
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Blogging about it….
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I started this blog because I wanted to help people in a similar situation
to me. I was younger and never proclaimed to have all the answers.
Sometimes the...
4 years ago
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Debunking Bathroom Myths
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*Debunking Bathroom Myths*
Original article by *Brynn Tannehill *can be viewed *Here*
*When the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was defeated, the ostens...
4 years ago
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RUMBLED. BUT IT TURNS OUT TO THE GOOD
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As per usual on a Wed evening I make my way to the Butterfly Club support
premises to get my self ready to face the world. Nothing new in that. And
as per ...
4 years ago
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Caitlyn Jenner Speaks at Chicago House Event
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Caitlyn Jenner Speaks at Chicago House Event:
grvsmth:
sometranslady:
grvsmth:
sometranslady:
snowflakeespecial:
This isn’t a funny story. Trying on y...
4 years ago
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Postscript
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I thought that my urge to blog had departed. It hasn't... but I do need to
move on. Angie's Aspirations — aka About Angie — was written from the
perspecti...
4 years ago
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Got A Little Beautified…
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Not much here, but I went out for a bit of a day, treated by a couple of
friends, and had my brows waxed and got my hair done. Here’s the results.
I s...
4 years ago
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17 Months on T Update
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17 Months on T Next week marks 17 months on T, nearly one and a half
years. I cannot believe I have not posted any update for 5 months, time
just really h...
4 years ago
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10 Ways to Destroy the Earth
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my mother died in this room now it is occupied by my nieces whenever they
sleep over a playroom i currently occupy it sleeping on the lower bunk of
their l...
4 years ago
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U want to be her!
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[image: U want to be her!]
4 years ago
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Become a girl
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[image: Become a girl]
4 years ago
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Still Here
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I realized last week that I hadn’t written a blog…or a Facebook post…or a
journal entry…or much of anything in five or six months. Part of me was
bothered ...
4 years ago
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5 months in
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*Continued**, from April 5th 2015*
5 months since the hospital I still don't know much about it.
Dissociative Identity Disorder.
My amnesia isn't just hav...
4 years ago
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Through The Looking Glass
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I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but it did. That is, I stopped
considering myself “transitioning.” What does that mean, exactly? Am I
where I want t...
4 years ago
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*Hey!*
So... tomorrow school begins again.
This schoolyear I am planning to come out and start dressing, acting,
talking, etc. like a girl. Honestly, it's ...
4 years ago
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Been Sick
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Isn’t amazing? We tend to think we are the masters of the planet. Then, a
debilitating illness hits and we become subservient cry-babies. Something
crawl...
4 years ago
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Transition Is A Banquet
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Transition is not a one-way street, or a bowling lane with the bumpers up.
Transition is not a recipe with precise measurements, or a fixed
curriculum, or ...
4 years ago
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It’s Inherent
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The frequency and unexpectedness with which being transgendered asserts
itself is ever a source of amazement. Regardless of how deeply in
background one ma...
4 years ago
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This Rain
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Originally posted on chester maynes:
Abruptly, water gushes from the sky. I hear the storm drops too loud. Wind
creeps cold on my skin. Thunder slits these ...
4 years ago
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Telling a Friend
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I recently told a friend about Amy. I didn't go into many details or show
him pictures or anything, but it felt good to talk about and get a positive
reac...
4 years ago
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And Last
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I used that subject last week as well.
It happens. Click to enlarge (the cartoon not the imagination)This is a
hard post to organise and a hard post to wr...
4 years ago
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The world keeps on turning.
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So I guess it’s time to get back into this blog of mine. I mean I’ve been
gone for so long and really it’s just time to start again. Since my last
real b...
4 years ago
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Why Bruce Jenner, Andreja Pejic and other Trans Celebrities Still Don’t Matter
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Recently there have been a number of celebrities that have come out to
announce that they define as transgender. For some of them it wasn’t a
shocker, for ...
4 years ago
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On Reconciling my Beliefs, Depression and Gender
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Howdy. Sorry it's been a while, I am simply the most infrequent blogger in
the world... I've been buried under piles of work for what seems like
forever, a...
4 years ago
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End game...
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So things didn't get better...I slipped further and last Tuesday I went to
my scheduled appointment...when she saw me the choices were go home for a
matter...
4 years ago
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Handbags & Glad Rags……….
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I always feel a bit rotten about writing a new post when I have so many
posts from others to …
Continue reading →
4 years ago
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Commenters and deep thoughts
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I would like to start by apologizing for the long break between posts. A
little thing called life intervenes and my writing suffers. Family, health,
work, ...
4 years ago
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Jenna Talackova, and the importance of transitioning when young
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I greatly admire Jenna Talackova, the beautiful, sexy, and courageous M2F
transgender model, beauty contestant, reality television star, and actress.
I ...
4 years ago
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Motorhead Girls
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Motorhead Girls ... we are girls who love cars, trucks, bikes, planes, and
boats. Anything with a motor. Maybe we love some of them, maybe we love all
of ...
4 years ago
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Shutting down
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I've decided that I am not, after all, the blogging type.
I never managed it in my other identity either, so I don't know why I
should be surprised.
So,...
4 years ago
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Dangerous Situation
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***** This post might be triggering ***** Something really scary happened
last evening. I was standing outside with a friend (who is also homeless
and we u...
4 years ago
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Could it really be THAT easy?
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So, not going to get too excited here, but bear with me, kay? Last night, I
decided to talk to Phyl about her withdrawals and pulling away. I wanted to
try...
4 years ago
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One Year as Me!
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Dianne Piggott
10/30/2013
One year. Just one year. One entire year. All of one year. One circle of
the Earth around the Sun.
A year ago to...
4 years ago
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Cumberbatch and his offense offence
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Poor old Benny Cumberbatch…him and his big old posh, ex slave owning gob.
Actually I feel for the bloke. Trying to do his best for British actors of
colour...
4 years ago
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Coming out on Facebook.
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I have a relatively small number of friends on facebook, I keep it that
way, I don’t add anyone I meet. Everyone on my friends list is actually my
friend o...
4 years ago
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XXY: Reflections of Gender in Children
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A while back, I read a very sad story not related to Leelah Alcorn although
that is another sad story. This one is about an XXY child who was gender
denie...
4 years ago
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New Hair … :) Trying different looks :)
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So the new wig arrived… and figured a day off would be fitting to try it on
:) Here are a few pics… Ya short and sweet post … :P Peace and Love!
Tamara :)
4 years ago
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Transgender Q&A
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When it comes to the subject of transgender and the LGBT community, I think
that there are three different types of people. The first (and the fastest
gro...
4 years ago
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I is for Identity Politics
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Hello all. For my first post of 2015, I am going back to blogging through
ye old alphabet. Today I is for identity politics. Identity politics are
how i...
4 years ago
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Leelah, and all the others who struggle
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Happy New Year!
I'm so sorry I don't update regularly! I have been off school for a couple
weeks, so I have no good excuse, but I hope you all had a wonder...
4 years ago
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A New Christmas with family
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As anyone can expect the end of the year can bring surprises and lots of
joy to one's heart and soul. This year is really an exception for Kay and
I, as w...
4 years ago
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On the other side!
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It’s been a few days since I last posted on my blog, and for good reason.
Thursday, 11th December 2014 I finally had the surgery I had been waiting
so lon...
4 years ago
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Saying goodbye
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The time has come for me to say goodbye and put this blog to bed. I doubt
anyone reads it anymore, but I’m the type of person who likes closure, so I
gue...
4 years ago
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Xmas 2014
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I thought I should drop a post in, and wish everyone a happy Xmas.
If you should be reading this, and you are a Pagan like my son, or any of
the non-christ...
5 years ago
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No Big Deal
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My daughter started high school last month.
The other night she told my wife and me that there's a transgender girl in
her homeroom. During the summer ...
5 years ago
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I finally legally exist!
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On July 1st, 2014 it finally happened. The law that made it impossible for
me and many others like me to change their gender on any official documents
drop...
5 years ago
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A Controversial Stance On The Word “Queer”
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Controversial new video about the use of the word queer in the LGBT
community.
5 years ago
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8 Steps on How to Get Your Ex Boyfriend Back Immediately
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If you are trying to get your ex boyfriend back, but are fighting and get
no results, then you should know this is a common thing that tons of girls
go thr...
5 years ago
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Pigtails
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Last night as I was hugging Kegan good night, I started playing with her
hair and realized her hair is at that almost long enough to put into a
super short...
5 years ago
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She Returns
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Gee, that was a long time coming, wasn't it?
I managed to survive from February to July at the Good Samaritan House at
Westgate. This is a Christian-run fa...
5 years ago
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The Maker of Noses
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Like many of you, I enjoy music, and I look to it for inspiration and
support. My taste in music is quite eclectic, ranging from hymns through
jazz and roc...
5 years ago
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July 18th 2014
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I know I haven't posted in a long time, things have just gotten crazy
around here. We were finally able to get pregnant with our third, and
recently found...
5 years ago
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been proven wrong
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I have had many people walk in and out of my life. And a lot of them have
been anything but nice to me. Over the years most of my friend have turn
against...
5 years ago
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I’m not sure what “normal” means, but i think it feels like this
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It’s been a while since i’ve posted anything here, and historically that
has meant that things aren’t going well. This time, however, it means that
we’ve b...
5 years ago
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Warrior Princess
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If you read my recent “Pants!” post, you know about the pants, the Pokemon,
and the boy BFF. I didn’t mention Xena. I fell hard for Xena in college in
the ...
5 years ago
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Tumor no more
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On January 8, 2012 I was informed that the fight to live was over, I would
not be getting my last Chemo treatment, all scans have no cancer traces in
them ...
5 years ago
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*I think it is time to completely let my fears of letting those who know me
in my life, but may not know 'me' now because I did what I needed to do for
my ...
5 years ago
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Vote for Sophia
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I'm running in a mock election and I need your votes. You might be asking
why I need your vote, and *how in the heck did I wind up in politics?* Well,
my ...
5 years ago
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Keepin’ On
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When I was driving home from work this afternoon I started to think of this
blog and its lack of updates. I think the general trend is that when I
dress mo...
5 years ago
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A Question
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So, I've been doing this girl thing for a while now.
It's good, but there is some weirdness...
Has anyone else experienced this?
[Bumps into a doorjam, or...
5 years ago
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Day 105: Whiskey Aging… DONE!
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So after nearly 3 and a half months it’s done! I ended up with a bottle
and a half of sweet, dark whiskey. It’s amazingly easy to do. At this
point, I’m ...
5 years ago
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Here's a Little Something No One Told You
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Milestones are things to be celebrated. In our culture we have only a few
of them high school graduation, marriage, parenthood, (divorce), and death.
Other...
5 years ago
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Sweeping the Ashes
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“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems
don't rhyme...
5 years ago
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Another new chapter
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*or the next stop on the timeline...*
*Anyway, as some of you may remember, in a galaxy, far, far..wait, wrong
story.*
*I married my other half 13 years a...
5 years ago
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I'm coming out and I want the world to know...
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As the weeks went by I've became more and more emboldened with my
transition. I started buying more clothes, and started laser hair removal.
On Christmas...
5 years ago
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It has been too long since last I blogged
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Yes, I know, more than two years have gone by, and some of you may be
wondering if all is well. YES! Everything remains wonderful. We've now been
happily m...
5 years ago
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It's "her's"
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I've been living as woman for two years now, two really good years. I was
and still am one of the lucky few. I have gone through this transition
without lo...
5 years ago
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Paula Deen Quote
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“I feel like ‘embattled’ or ‘disgraced’ will always follow my name. It’s
like that black football player who recently came out. He said, ‘I just
want to...
5 years ago
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Link to my daughter’s blog post
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Here’s something my daughter posted today… Hexydezimal A fallen angel
returns. hexydezimal.wordpress.com Questions for the Transgender Community
Happy bela...
5 years ago
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Three Unwise Men
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Yet another bawbag is frothing at the mouth.
This latest cretinous oaf, a Russian actor of whom this reporter at least
has never heard, says he would "stuff...
5 years ago
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Hanging in, hanging out, hanging on
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It has been a while since I have posted anything here. Up to this point, I
have maintained this blog as a combination of sporadic articles, and the
occasio...
5 years ago
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I Dreamed a Dream in Times Gone By...
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This past week has been especially difficult because of the second coming
out of 'Marcy' Michael's female alter gender identity. My strife is
entirely i...
5 years ago
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I realised to day that I still have this account open.
I have moved all of my blog to my website, www.sarah-savage.com
Thanx
6 years ago
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Enough
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Originally posted on Nuclear Unicorn:
My approach to Cathy Brennan has long mirrored my approach to Ann Coulter;
I generally refuse to dignify their delibe...
6 years ago
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Ether Radio
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Last Tuesday I took the day off work to run errands. Around 8:30 in the
morning I was sitting in my boyfriend's car by a gas pump. Peter was
inside colle...
6 years ago
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Hatred, Transphobia & Twitter storms..
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I'm far from surprised that this has blown up like it has.. To be honest it
was only a matter of time, Trans people put up with an awful lot, I don't
want ...
6 years ago
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The Wedding and the Beach House
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It was a balmy June Saturday in Napa valley, California. The winery
Heather’s cousin Rosalind had chosen for the wedding was beautifully placed
amidst rol...
7 years ago
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Retrospect - Spring 2011 - The Highs and Low of being a TGirl
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Widemouth Bay, CornwallBy the spring of 2011 I felt that things were going
quite well and that with my new image I was well on the well to achieving
the g...
7 years ago
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KATIE
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Life is hard. Sometimes it pushes us down with such force that we haven’t
the strength to resist. Trans people are particularly likely to find
themselves f...
7 years ago
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Reality TV
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I was reassembling the bike last weekend with radio 4 on drip-feed and
heard a piece about people who live a second life on the Internet. It
appears that f...
11 years ago
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