Public notices for the near future
I'm compiling a list of things that surprise me to do with transition, but one of them has to be how much this intensely personal project interacts with, entwines or relies on other people.
Hence- Public notices for the near future
1. I'm going to sound funny
Female hormones do not affect one's voice, so it takes lots and lots of practice to change. I will also have to cut in and out, and it's hard to maintain. I don't know how it will sound in the end.
In any case, it's a validating feeling to not wonder why this male voice that seems to come out of my mouth when I talk.
2. I am having a renaming ritual from Friday thru Sunday on the August long weekend.
As a ritual where I enter an ecstatic state, it will double as a project for Archeaology. It will also be a general adulthood initiation ritual as I've found for the first time that I feel like I have my adult shit together (being in the right sex helps).
Sections:
1 - divesting myself of my transitional name of "Sasha"
2 - a trial in the form of harsh interrogation
3 - symbolic death, divesting myself of the name "Graham"
4 - a day of not interacting with anyone
5 - symbolic rebirth and renaming
First off, should you see me on Saturday the 4th, I ask you not to interact with me in any way. I'm a ghost, right?
If you want to participate, comment or email me. I should warn you though that the portions requiring participation are going to be intense, and if you are squicked by the sorts of behaviour found in some intense religious ritual or kink, then you'll be squicked by this too.
3. I am having a Rites of Passage Party on the 24th, 25th or 26th of August.
It will be a community event. If you've had a major change in your life, whether it's your maritial status, your graduation, quitting school, changing your name and/or gender, stopping an old habit or whatever, this will be the time and place to announce or re-announce it and have at least part of your community affirm it. If enough people are interested, I may need a sizable space.
Hence- Public notices for the near future
1. I'm going to sound funny
Female hormones do not affect one's voice, so it takes lots and lots of practice to change. I will also have to cut in and out, and it's hard to maintain. I don't know how it will sound in the end.
In any case, it's a validating feeling to not wonder why this male voice that seems to come out of my mouth when I talk.
2. I am having a renaming ritual from Friday thru Sunday on the August long weekend.
As a ritual where I enter an ecstatic state, it will double as a project for Archeaology. It will also be a general adulthood initiation ritual as I've found for the first time that I feel like I have my adult shit together (being in the right sex helps).
Sections:
1 - divesting myself of my transitional name of "Sasha"
2 - a trial in the form of harsh interrogation
3 - symbolic death, divesting myself of the name "Graham"
4 - a day of not interacting with anyone
5 - symbolic rebirth and renaming
First off, should you see me on Saturday the 4th, I ask you not to interact with me in any way. I'm a ghost, right?
If you want to participate, comment or email me. I should warn you though that the portions requiring participation are going to be intense, and if you are squicked by the sorts of behaviour found in some intense religious ritual or kink, then you'll be squicked by this too.
3. I am having a Rites of Passage Party on the 24th, 25th or 26th of August.
It will be a community event. If you've had a major change in your life, whether it's your maritial status, your graduation, quitting school, changing your name and/or gender, stopping an old habit or whatever, this will be the time and place to announce or re-announce it and have at least part of your community affirm it. If enough people are interested, I may need a sizable space.