Dear Family, I wanted to take a few minutes and fill you in on some important information about some changes that will be made in the near future. I will change in some ways, but I will always be the same person. These steps I’m taking are very important for me. I do wish there [...]
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[Update to the review: Josef has contributed to the discussion forum on the show here. Worth a read. ] I knew that I wanted to write a post about ‘Born in the Wrong Body: A Change of Heart’ before it even aired, especially so because many of my friends told me they were reluctant or [...]
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Getting “ma’am”ed or “sir”ed can really make a difference in the mood of a day of a trans person! Yesterday, I went to a service call to replace light bulbs on a juke box and as I was opening my tool box to get my work keys, the cute young (female) bartender came around the [...]
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I first came across the rumor of a TV show (based on GID) called ‘Pretty/Handsome’ buried in the comments section of the excellent ‘Being T’ (Thanks, Bitsy!). I was intrigued, but heard no more about it until yesterday when I was checking out the personal blogs of some other ‘Being T’ commenters and found Chosha, [...]
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Having reviewed “Transvestite Wives” earlier, I felt it was only fair to give a similar treatment to “My Secret Female Body”, another in the ‘Reveals’ series that premiered on BBC America on June 22, 2008. This documentary focused on a twenty two year old transman, Danny. From the BBC America web site: Born as Katie, [...]
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Hi all, Today, I told my boss that I have Gender Identity Disorder. It was kinda scary, but I needed to do it sooner or later, and the right opportunity came up. I had a laser treatment on Monday and I think the doctor used a bit too much power. My face and neck has [...]
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I found the link to this study along with a copy of the paper at Transgendernews, a yahoo group. Here’s the link. http://www.intersexualite.org/Zucker_boys.html I think you’ll find it quite enlightning about Zucker’s real agenda, but you should read it and make up your own mind. Amber
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Mom ended up asking me to send the letter, anyway, but, I had scrapped the original this morning, and ended up sending this instead. Sorry, but I am not going to send that letter. But I will say this much…. The fact that (brother) and I are at odds is because of his actions and [...]
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Mom’s response to my letter to my aunt: Listen Marcus, Don’t ever presume to know how I am feeling because you never will and never can!!!!!!! I remain, Your Mother I am truly going to miss the “person I thought I knew”. So, I wrote a long letter to mom last night but don’t think [...]
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“Being Male”
This is something I wrote in my personal blog, and I just thought I would share it here as well. It is a reflection on how I felt about my life as a “male” and how I experienced that life. The concept of life as a male, that life before transition and even during transition, [...]
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