Archive for category: Emotional Transition

Trading one Question for Another

Charlene K September 3, 2023 Emotional Transition 27

I am AMAB, now 68. I’ve been aware of my gender incongruity since I was five. Since that young age, I have struggled with the question, “Why do I have such an intense desire to be a girl?” It wasn’t just that I wanted to dress as a girl and now a woman; no...

What to do?

Mary King July 24, 2023 Emotional Transition 15

I was a child of the early ’60s. Back then, the world was a much different place, and I learned quickly that I did not fit in. I thought I was a girl, and my parents had wanted a boy. I believed that the stretch marks under my scrotum were from having my boyhood sown on. My fir...

What’s next is Here

Sabrina MacTavish June 24, 2023 Friends and Family Situations 10

So… My father passed peacefully at home. I knew it was getting close as he was sleeping more and not wanting to eat solids. His mind was there, but I knew he was processing the coming end. When he gave up wanting to drink his nourishment and told me he didn’t want his daily b...

My First Year as a Woman

Brielle June 11, 2023 Going Full Time 8

First, a little background about me, for those who haven’t read my other articles. I am a 67-year-old trans woman, who came out only two years ago. It has been a whirlwind of changes, some good and some not-so-good. I was a lifelong crossdresser (although now I consider dressin...

A Comprehensive Guide: Embarking on a Makeup Journey for Trans Women

Jecca Blac May 26, 2023 Going Full Time 1

At Jecca Blac, we consider ourselves experts in the field of gender-affirming makeup tips. That’s because before we launched as a makeup brand, we began with educational safe space makeup lessons for trans women. As a brand born from the unmet needs of the trans community, our ...

6 Years On……..

April King January 12, 2023 Am I Transsexual? 10

This is my second attempt at writing this, but my first was consumed by technology – I think I must be a Luddite. It’s now been 6 plus years since I started to crossdress again. 6 years of exploring who I am and who I want to be. 6 years of finally figuring out that I am ...

My New Name

Brielle January 5, 2023 Going Full Time 14

On December 16, 2022, Brielle was officially, legally born. She’d been gestating for nearly 6 decades, but with a family court judge’s ruling, Brielle burst out onto the streets of Pittsburgh. How did these events set up? I suppose it all began in 1960. I have clear memories ...

Legally me!

Dana Munson October 21, 2022 Emotional Transition 8

On October 7th, I went to a courtroom of the Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, to collect some exceedingly important (to me) paperwork: the official court decree establishing my legal name as Dana Renee Munson… and my legal gender as “female.” I had filed t...

Searching for a Spot to Land

Kim Dahlenbergen September 30, 2022 Friends and Family Situations 0

I struggle with understanding and accepting my identity; it feels as if I always have. Looking back on nearly seven decades, my sense of who I am has wobbled with an eccentric orbit between the poles of gender identity, at times near but never touching definitive masculinity or f...

Extraordinary Short-term Benefits of starting Therapy and HRT

Michelle Stephenson August 19, 2022 Emotional Transition 7

In my previous article, I wrote about the cost of living your truth as a transgender man or woman. I also spoke about the impact on one’s family and relationships, and how it still scares me. After two months it surely has been a rocky road for my spouse and me. It is hard to c...