I was washing up when she came through the door behind me. She caught my eye in the mirror, then turned and flipped open the door again to leave.

"You're in the right washroom," I shout, as the 'woman' sign swings by her face.

She turns again, walks past me silent, awkward.

So I'm glad that my voice practice work is bearing fruit, otherwise this ( Read more... )

The Cass identity model of coming out.

It's somewhat outdated, culture-specific, and doesn't apply as much to transgendered people (i.e. both transsexual and gender-variant), but it's good.

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If you are gender normative and first coming out, hiding that you are lesbian, gay or bi may be emotionally grating, but is generally not a logistical challenge ( Read more... )

6 am and awake since 4:40 ish.

Woken up by a variant of an earlier dream: I'd been a negligent pet owner and the sickly abandoned rodents bred and bred and bred until they produced too many sick offspring to count - and it was my fault.

Hard to get back to sleep after that.

When I'm awake, what swirls around in my head like nothing else - and what has ( Read more... )

Strange - after a bit of a lull, I seem to be back going over my queer issues.

(Note the use of the term "queer issues" and not "gender issues. See below)

Following my own advice, I plan to look at the context and not hold back with my thoughts.
( You know what to do - giv 'er! )

More Surprises:
I have name-based ID e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e

It's coming in line. I have BCID, bank card, SFU Library, SFU internal database, and now, after more than a month of visits to the registar's, a matching U-Pass - I said "it seems to have the wrong picture on it, can you print me a new one?" This, finally, worked, and now I don't have to fish ( Read more... )

Going to Chicklets with April, as well as my newly-moved cousin and her girlfriend was not just fun, but felt like a coup. I don't entirely understand why. It may be the combining of queer events and family that I like. Indeed.

Music: up and down, widely varying themes, some awesome top 40 and 80s including a lady sovereign mashup that should have ( Read more... )