A Letter to Myself

This is something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. If you look around the internet, you will find a good few people who write and share letters to their younger selves. And a lot of these leave me in tears. The pieces are often reflective, emotive, deeply intimate, and with a unique vulnerability to Read more about A Letter to Myself[…]

Why Trans Isn’t Lesser, Part 1. Or, “How Being Trans Made Me a Better Person”

It’s not easy to be trans. It really, really isn’t. There’s a whole bunch of stuff you have to think about that the average cis person never even needs to consider. And transitioning? That’s pretty darn hardcore, let me tell you. Definitely not something to be taken lightly. So, that means, that for the average Read more about Why Trans Isn’t Lesser, Part 1. Or, “How Being Trans Made Me a Better Person”[…]

Why is Gender So Important, Anyway?

So I hear this one a lot. “I’ve never really thought about gender”, or “Gender just doesn’t matter to me”, or “I don’t ever spend any time thinking about my gender”. I get where people are coming from, when they say this. I really do. They see me, living my trans life, and all the Read more about Why is Gender So Important, Anyway?[…]

A Love Letter on my First Anniversary

  Today marks one year since I first started taking my hormone replacement therapy. Up front, I need to say this – no one’s trans identity needs medical intervention to validate it. There are a lot of trans people who don’t want medical intervention, and that is not something that anyone needs to justify. I Read more about A Love Letter on my First Anniversary[…]

Body image, or My Blog – Swimsuit Edition

Body image is a really weird thing if you’re trans. I mean, body image is a really weird thing even if you aren’t… but maybe it’s fair to say that it’s an especially weird thing if you’re trans. And especially if you’re a trans person who has dysphoria – because not all of us do. Read more about Body image, or My Blog – Swimsuit Edition[…]

2015 – My Year in Review, Part 2

Continued from Part One July 2015 The first day of the rest of my life. I can’t quite believe it, it’s surreal. Not to have to wear the mask anymore, it… leaves me speechless. And also in tears. I cry, a lot. Making up for lost time when I never used to let myself. I Read more about 2015 – My Year in Review, Part 2[…]

Daddy’s little girl

I have some wonderful friends, contacts and associates. Amazing people, who are doing amazing things. Activists in the truest sense of the word, these are strong, passionate, energetic human beings who are out there changing the world for the better. They are making differences in people’s lives, through direct tangible change. And not just that, Read more about Daddy’s little girl[…]