I wrote previously that after years of working hard to understand myself in light of my incessant desire to live as a female, searching the complexities of gender incongruity, and doing my best to suppress, repress, deny, eradicate, or compromise my feminine self because of my st...
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I’ll begin with a few notes to set the stage. I am in my very late 50s (that means 70), and felt something was different about my gender identity long before I knew there was such a thing as a gender identity. Like most of us, I got pretty good at the whole hiding and den...
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...
One does not usually volunteer to get their throat cut. Still less would they actually pay to have it done! Yesterday (Jan. 31) was such a day for me, though. To cut to the chase, I underwent chondrolaryngoplasty, a.k.a., a tracheal shave or Adam’s Apple reduction. I have b...
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 ...
I attended a local Trans Pride Pool Party event in downtown Pittsburgh on August 6. Our local Meetup group had two of us in attendance, organizer Lynn and me. While the event was low-key, I enjoyed the sun and company of Lynn even if the overall turnout was not strong. They held ...
Are you willing to feeel goood? In the past, I have used being authentic as an excuse for feeling dark n twisty. I use the word authentic because there are so many labels used to describe and categorize and compartmentalize who we are or not. If we are to choose a label for anyth...
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