I am Privileged

In a way I feel privileged to be a transwoman because I am one of the few that gets to be on this amazing journey, but it certainly does not privilege me in society. In some societies in the past certain transwomen† were privileged. They held special spiritual positions in their societies. Today this is […]

Earning It

Okay, on one of the trans sites I belong to there was a poll asking if you woke up as the opposite sex would you love it or hate it? I vote yes to love it. I also commented that to have female primary sex parts without surgery would be good. After some more thought […]

A Review of a Transgender Book.

Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics by Rachel Anne Williams. [This review was originally going to appear on goodreads. but it exceeds the character limit, and I don’t feel like editing it down. So I am posting it here on my blog, which I had thought of doing anyway because of nature […]

4 Strikes Against Me and Proud of It

I belong to four groups that are socially stigmatized (or worse). That’s right I belong to four different groups that are thought less of as people in a good many of American minds. Throughout the world too, but some places are better than others, and I will not relate anything about other countries as I […]

Have You Been Gendered?

[I originally posted this to my aquestionersjourney.wordpress.com blog. But, after some thought I decided I would post it here too. It expresses my view on gender and on transgender people, but I believe it is in part educational, part personal. Hence, I thought it would belong here despite its more philosophical bent.] I have, and […]

I Different Kind of Reveal

Okay, so I have been coming out to various people, starting this last spring with my girlfriend. In the summer I came out to my therapist. Then, some of my medical providers. In October I came out at program. Over the holidays I came out to my family, and I have gradually been revealing my […]

The Trials of Being a Gurl

This post will be about some of the things that I have had and am currently having to deal with in my transitioning. And there are a lot of them in my opinion. And more will probably come that I haven’t even thought of before. For now there is makeup, nail polish, body care (shaving […]

I am Ignored (My Sexual Orientation)

I am Ignored! This pertains to my sexual orientation not being specifically included in questionnaires, transgender article, and transgender books. So you might wonder what my actual sexual orientation is. I call myself a translesbian, This is problematic in its own way though. So I will discuss this first. And move onto examples I have […]

I am Not in the Wrong Body

I’m a transgender woman as the tagline of my blog states. I am pre-op and also am not yet on feminizing hormones (hrt). So, yes I have a boy thing between my legs. I call it my clitty. Okay, go ahead and ask: If you are a woman surely you are in the wrong body? […]