The Transgender Heart: Hers, His & Theirs — Love in a Strange Place. Chapter 2 of 3. — In the first chapter, Donna joined some of her banking co-workers for a night out, glad to be accepted as one of the girls after her transgender coming-out. Meanwhile, Neil went out with friends to complain about Donna’s transition, griping that the bank should not pay for her health care…

In three chapters — Everybody hates Monday mornings. It is the start of five days of work, stress and responsibility. Ron was different. He loved Monday mornings. Ron Ramble was a talk show warrior. So, this Monday morning, like every Monday morning, Ron rolled out of bed at 5, literally looking forward to his Monday. His full beard didn’t hide his obesity or his bigotry. The good life showed in…

Maybe the bucket isn’t empty after all — My one goal in life is to have no regrets in the last 15 seconds of my life. If I have a reason to feel guilty now, my rule is apologize now and move on. I refuse to carry guilt. It is so corrosive and unnecessary. If I want to…

They’d love it if you did kill somebody — I was reading the Sunday papers this past weekend. Reading them is getting faster and faster every year. Each issue seems to have less and less news to actually be worth reading. It is pages and pages of opinion, biases and ads. But who can blame them. They are desperate…

So many kind-hearted people that populate this earth. — Once again the holidays are here. Straight or LGBTQ, it can be the best of times or the worst. I ask one simple question: If it’s the worst, are you going to let the bastards win and ruin your holidays? Pull up your big girl panties or big boy tighty…

The true joy of my recovery is finally feeling… well, normal. — Life is absolutely not static, but I think that many people resist change, any change. Some even hate change. Being transgender is one the ultimate changes a person is compelled to make and for people who are transgender, transition is what we are forced to go through. But we…

Are you happy the way you are? — As I continue my transgender journey, the question of the pink pill versus the blue pill comes up periodically. The essence of the question is: If you are on the LGBTQ spectrum would you take the pill to make you straight? The answer I got from my LGBTQ friends was…

Reflections on writing my 400th article on Medium — This is officially my 400th article for Medium. I find it strange that I have kept writing about my transgender journey for so long. I ask myself, “What else can I say?” Followed by “Am I getting boring?” As it says in the writers note that I end every article…

Five years of transition! — I want to share five years of my transgender journey in photos. It is vain, I know, but, other than my internet community, I can count on one hand the number of people I can share this journey with. I felt my online community would understand my need to share…