I realize that this is all a bit strange to you and perhaps even a bit silly at times. I assure you, it is nonetheless real – despite my inability to articulate it with any degree of accuracy. I have lost count of the number of different analogies I’ve used – all which fall far [...]
One of my favorite authors is H. P. Lovecraft – that he and I share the same birthday is all the better.
Submitted for your consideration is the following from one of his best known short stories, The Call of Cthulhu:
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the [...]
And here I thought people didn’t read my old website…
Kris over at Zaadz seems to have taking a liking to the construct of Intergenderism – with which I came up (so to speak) almost eight years ago.
Go give hir blog a read. You’ll be glad you did!
Last night, my wife and I took my eldest daughter and some of her friends out for her birthday. We went to a movie and afterwards, we all walked over to Cold Stone for ice cream.
I get uncomfortable going there at times when I know it will be packed with teenagers – especially girls. Friday [...]
The past year or so has been an interesting one. Not unlike Zarathustra coming down from his cave, it was time I once again join those from whom I had consciously separated myself years earlier. I wanted to both share whatever insights I might have gained and to learn from others. I wanted to (re)connect [...]
As a rule, transpeople know all to well about the construct of binary gender. It is, after all, at the heart of being a transperson. And despite all the heartache binary gender has caused them, the majority of transpeople still hold a binary view of gender – sometimes, even more strongly than non-trans [...]
December 31, 2006 – 9:00 pm
2006 was an eventful year for me. In January, I decided to go back ‘on-line’ after having left Usenet and the like for about five years. I was pleased to find that people were interested in what I had to share and that I was able to share what I had learned over [...]
December 29, 2006 – 8:00 am
It’s been three full months since my firm’s LGBT network profiled me on their web site. To date, the site has received the most hits ever that month – must have been that there was something different there. They received some very positive feedback about my profile, but it hasn’t prompted anyone else [...]
December 21, 2006 – 12:00 pm
I posted the following in response to a query about whether we can be ‘upbeat’ about the gender we were assigned at birth – and if perhaps we could, whether it might not make things easier for our partners.
December 2, 2006 – 12:00 am
As a Genderqueer, I often wonder just how people are reading me. Sometimes it is clear (e.g. being addressed as sir or miss) while other times I can only guess (based on looks from people and other nonverbal cues.) I have thought that it would be interesting to log how I have been read and [...]
October 1, 2006 – 8:00 am
The following is the text of the profile posted on my firm’s internal LGBT website.
September 27, 2006 – 12:00 am
We all have fears – things we do our best to avoid at all costs. Today I’d like to talk about one of mine.
It’s the ‘T’ word. No, not Trans – I’m quite fine with that – the other ‘T’ word we all to common to our community.
You’re gonna make me say it, aren’t [...]
August 16, 2006 – 11:49 am
I am 42, married with two daughters. I am openly transgendered with the tolerance / support of my wife. It is not easy for her or me, but we have been able to make this work for the past eight years. We have a balance – a bit wobbly – but a balance [...]
I’m not quite sure what this is: rant, vent, whinge, discussion topic… Whatever it is – ramble and all – I’m putting it out here: make of it what you will.
I had an interesting session with my therapist this week. I show up there with nothing in specific to discuss and we always seem to [...]
There seems to be an outbreak going on: crossdressers from all over are suddenly becoming transsexual. What could be the cause? Sunspots? Terrorist plotting? Internet gender tests?
Whatever it is, it does seem to be happening. Are people feeling ‘pressured’ to identify as transsexual? Is it fantasy run rampant? Mass hysteria? [...]
January 24, 2006 – 12:00 am
Less dreary today, ergo less whinging. As I said, I needed to vent. Were I still seeing my therapist, she would have heard this and my purse would be $70 lighter. I much prefer sharing with a group of like minded individuals. It is only because I was able share and learn from the [...]
January 23, 2006 – 12:00 am
A dreary day here in New York and I feel like whinging and I need to unload. This is long, it rambles and I’m not even sure that I have a point, but it’s how I’m feeling today and I refuse to edit it for content or length. I’ll understand if you haven’t the [...]
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