I've been inactive here for months but reading twitter has piqued me once again, so here goes.

Following on from what I've read elsewhere on the net regarding how open to be about oneself and how it affects one's life, I've been thinking:

I generally function with the idea that everyone I come into contact with knows I have been transsexual/ ( Read more... )

I've been quiet on this blog for some time now. i don't know how frequently I'll post in future but in the meantime...

It may be noticed by some that I am moving away for a loud LGBTI For the record, because I've mentioned this many times I have an intersex background (diagnosed male at birth) but I was living in a dual gender role until my late ( Read more... )

Back in 2009 when I finally went to my GP for help, I felt it was an all or nothing situation. The consequences (social and medical) no longer mattered at that point. I was horrified by myself and felt it absolutely had to be fixed at all costs. In 2009 I was 39 years old. As much as I have wanted to fix my body for years, I have also to an extent ( Read more... )

I don't expect anyone to share their history but I'm doing mine in case it helps anyone. It's also a cathartic exercise for me I think.

I was born in 1969 to Catholic parents in south London. A Spanish mother and Russian Jew/French Father - a self made business man. It took ten years for them to have me and I have no siblings.

When I was born I had ( Read more... )

I've pretty much spent all day being a housewife and carer but I've finally been able to get round to exploring the Guardian article http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/02/my-husbands-sex-change?cat=society&type=articleRead more... )

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/02/my-husbands-sex-change?cat=society&type=article

It's a traumatic read. A person's story full of pain and I can recognise the upset she has to begin with - I've heard it, I've seen ( Read more... )

For me: dark, satirical, sarcastic, honest & TRUE. Fantastic article.

The VICE Guide to Being Trans | VICE

http://www.vice.com/read/the-vice-guide-to-being-trans

Said to me: You're not a transsexual, you have a cross-gender identity, a cross-gender history. I liked that, I feel it somehow fits my circumstance much more.

At the same time I feel guilty typing the above, as if it's a betrayal of transsexual or transgender men and women. The thing is I understand I'm intersex but being transsexual just didn't ( Read more... )

What is it I hate so much about being transsexual? I keep on asking myself constantly.

As a friend said:

It's like a sociology book called Black Like Me by a jewish sociologist in the 1950s - basically he took melanin tablets to make his skin darken and then travelled through the deep south of America - and surprise surprise, although he was ( Read more... )

I don't know if I'm just tired? Maybe I am. It's been a very long day. All recorded on twitter and cross posted to my Facebook page.

But I feel like I've just had an epiphany. I've been text chatting, just now,with Yvonne online. We've been chatting about loads of things and I'd love to record some of them here but it would take too long, however, ( Read more... )