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Slip and Switch
Switching Switching jobs (or schools or towns) is probably the best opportunity one gets to make any sort of big change, especially something like name and pronouns. I’ll admit it was relatively easy,...
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Legally Transgender
Last Thursday November 1st I had my official Court Date in the state of California, wherein I legally changed my name and gender. This small legal victory been a long time coming for me, even though it...
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Doubt
As I’m knee deep in a paperwork nightmare, I can’t help but freak out a little. I question my decision to change my legal gender, wondering whether it’s worth all this hassle. Things were fine before....
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Coming Out
The Conundrum Even after proclaiming my preferred pronouns, few people had come on board. Or rather, I’d made little effort to change the status quo. People had no way of knowing that my pronouns...
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Today’s Truth
When I told my dad I wanted surgery, it went something like this. We were at the Zócalo – Mexico City’s downtown district – shopping for my very first suit. He started talking about how the staff...
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2012
Goodbye 2012, and what a year it was. The things I accomplished in 2012 go way beyond anything I ever intended or imagined. (The only reason 2011 has a leg up is because I had top surgery at the...
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My Hysto
Given that in the last post I quickly glossed over the fact that I have a major surgery scheduled in less than a week, I wanted to address a few details surrounding my decision and the whole process of...
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Hysterectomy: One Week Post-Op
Cramps In Spanish – at least the Mexican Spanish that I speak – there are three words to describe three distinct types of cramps. “Dolor de caballo” – or literally, horse’s pain – is the kind of sharp...
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Ready
Pish Posh Though the general public perceives “transitioning” as some magical sex change that instantly transforms you from man to woman, or woman to man, we all know it doesn’t really work that way....
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Top Surgery: 2 Years Post-op
It’s been a year since I put up pictures of my chest for the world to see. And it’s hard to believe that it’s been only 2 years since there was anything else there. Hypertrophic Scar Treatment I get a...
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Complete
I once asked myself, "when will my transition be complete?" After which I questioned the underlying assumption, wondering "how can my transition ever be complete?" As a non-binary person this seemed...
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Reader Ramblings: Post-Transition Dissonance
A reader asks about experiencing dissonance after transitioning. "Somedays though, I don't know what to do about being read as male more often than not. I mean, mostly that's a good thing, I welcome...
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Disclosure is a Spectrum
It's not about "passing" (whatever that means), it's not about a "successful" transition (whatever that looks like) or a "complete" transition (life is never complete). It's simply a spectrum of who...
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Reader Ramblings: Not-Binary, Not Trans Enough
I have been having a lot of trouble with ‘not trans* enough’ thoughts and I don’t know how to combat them. I’m an advocate for trans* people at my school […]
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T Update: Low Dose Testosterone, and Starting and Stopping
Through my personal experience, I address common questions about Testosterone, primarily the effects of being on a low dose, and the effects of starting and stopping.
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Top Surgery: 3 years
Another year, another milestone. For archival, informational, nostalgic purposes, go back to my 2 Year mark, and my progress after the 1st Year. If you’re new here, check out the top […]
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Be Yourself
One of the most commonly repeated phrases / acknowledgments / pieces of advice / soundbites of justification that we hear as transgender people is "Be Yourself.” But how do you know who “Yourself” is...
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Low Dose Testosterone Update 2015
Video update in which I talk about being on low dose testosterone for over 3 years.
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Top Surgery: 4 years
Four and a half years post-op, I’ve compiled all the questions about my top surgery in one neat post.
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Non-Binary Transition Workshop, Part 1: What is Gender?
Part 1 of Non-Binary Workshop is Online For four years in a row I’ve presented a version of this workshop at several transgender conferences. At this year’s Gender Odyssey, I recorded a voiceover of my...
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