is this desire to simultaneously live in a world where nobody ever offends you, and nothing you do offends anybody else

I didn't feel a lot of transition anxiety today, probably because I had no plans for the rest of the day and so was in absolutely no rush to get home. I ate leftover pizza and birthday cake for breakfast :-) And I'm fasting for the rest of the day or until I'm finished playing with toys ( Read more... )

If transgender men are men, and transgender women are women -- and I believe both of these statements to be true -- when can we stop referring to transgender men and women as "transgender ( Read more... )

I don't track my sleep, but it seems 5 hours is a typical amount for me if I don't take sleeping pills.  Sometimes I also take afternoon naps, sometimes I go back to sleep before the day begins.  I feel better than I did last night -- was happy to speak with K before I fell asleep ( Read more... )

How do we derive something as complex as human sexuality expressed by one individual ( Read more... )

For lunch I sautéed some leftover veggies and then dipped them in ranch dressing, mmmm.  I'm becoming more inventive in the kitchen!

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Now that the ebook version is out, I've restarted That Guy in our Women's Studies Class, by Allan D. Hunter.  I'm committed to finishing this book!  38% through so far.  Of course it fires up my thinking and ( Read more... )

Here we go, a debate for the 21st Century!  If such debates piss you off, feel free to skip it!

I did join the agender subreddit, and it is pretty similar to the nonbinary subreddit, but with a bit more of a gender abolitionist vibe.  I'd say plenty of overlap exists between people who would identify as nonbinary and people who would identify as ( Read more... )

One of my youngest brother's children came out as transgender today

I've written before about how, even though I'm nonbinary, I don't care what pronouns people use to refer to me ( Read more... )

Regardless of race, nationality, ethnicity, or sex ... 99+% of your DNA is the same as mine, or as any other person's. One geneticist wrote, "Essentially, every human is an identical twin ( Read more... )