Posted on August 17th, 2009 by Huck
This is a wonderful spoken word piece about being transgender. I really liked the way it was executed and I feel like I can relate to this piece quite a lot. I wanted to share it with you all because I think it really captures the internal struggle feeling that I felt for years and [...]
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Posted on August 16th, 2009 by Huck
A few days ago I read an article entitled “Is Cis A Dis? And other aircastles to the storm..” by the blogger over at Femmeessay. The article was a good analysis of whether or not “cis” is an offensive term or not (I think it is important to know that the writer is cis).
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Posted on August 16th, 2009 by Huck
A recent conversation in a quaint coffee shop has led me to write this entry. Appropriately titled, this entry will be a mini-discussion of things I did not know going into physical transition.
I feel like the most underestimated part of transition is the process of adjustment that I went through. Naturally, if your body is [...]
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Posted on August 16th, 2009 by Huck
So I have been bit behind on the news since taking a brief hiatus from this site. However, for those of you that don’t know this already, a gender identity & presentation inclusive ENDA was introduced into the Senate for the first time on August 5th. Yay! For more information, you can catch [...]
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Posted on August 14th, 2009 by Huck
Whooohoooo! Half a year! Yay! Actually it was 6 months as of the 13th, but now it’s 6 months and one day. Things have been great, and there have been some significant small changes since last month. In particular, my arm muscles have gotten HUGE (without working out). I’ve started an upper body work out [...]
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Posted on August 14th, 2009 by Huck
Hiatus over. Expect a few entries today.
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