I don’t hate guys. I just hate being seen as one. — I really hate the “guy” days. Those are the ones were I revert back to lifelong male patterns and I just know I acting like a guy. Those are the days that I hate the mirror. Those are the days I go through the motions of life without feeling I am living my life. Those are…

I Am Who I Am. Get Used to It. — The other day I read an interesting article by Conor Matthews entitled, “Why ‘Define Woman’ Is A Trap.” I think it is well worth a read. …

A Transgender Tale — Four years ago I had a normal male chest, hair and all. It was flat, moderately muscular with the obligatory useless male nipples. It fit my body and I hated it. Then I started Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). I took medication to suppress my testosterone and increase my estradiol. For…

And how much is enough? — Grief is a deep sorrow, especially when it is caused by someone’s death, but I am not dead nor is any other living transgender person. We are still here. In my life and in the lives of so many other transgender individuals, the others in our lives share that they…

Why on earth would anyone choose to be transgender? — I always wanted to be a trendsetter, one of the cool kids. It never happened, not until I turned 63 and became an binary outlier. I became a gender outlaw. I became cool. I discovered I was transgender. People are expressing their opinion in the media that people are “becoming”…

Hey, eyes up here! — In the theme of the more humorous moments in my transition, I think I was technically, sexually verbally abused yesterday. Let me explain. I am a transgender female. I have been on HRT for about four years. In that time my chest, I guess officially my breasts have grown 4…

You are transgender. Of course you can! — Regardless of what emotional state you are in when you decide to transition, you better be prepared to for an exhausting process. You can’t just tread water in the gender pool. You are competing in a gender triathlon. You need to prepare. A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting…

This is a very special moment for me, and I can’t take it lightly. I am being given the opportunity to talk to other women as a woman. I don’t want to screw it up but here goes. I have breasts and I am transgender. I started on female hormones…

Pride month thoughts — I work for a major US corporation that celebrated Pride Month today on its employee website. Employees were encouraged to participate in informational meetings hosted by LGBTQ employees who will also any answer questions employees may have. The site showed so many smiling LGBTQ people and their straight colleagues. …