I was photographed (as were many transmen) this year at Gender Odyssey, by Jana Marcus, a Bay Area photographer doing a show about FTMs.  She asked each of us to write a short couple of paragraphs about what it means to me to be a man, to become a man.  Here's my unedited spew.  I thought it might stimulate this sleepy cast :)

( spew )

"The thought comes to mind, 'Am I yet the man I want to be?' And it is striking in the context of transition. Where does transition leave off and the spiritual path of becoming take over? I've transitioned some 9 years ago now ( Read more... )

Hello everyone. I've been terrible as a moderator for this group! I've not been attentive. I've not "stirred the pot". I apologize on one hand, but don't expect that to change a whole lot as we continue. I will probably cycle in and out as many of you are and do. I guess I think of this as a place established for those who want it. I hope ( Read more... )

Hello, I'm Max, and some may know me from movies or books (anthologies) or both. I've been on T nearly sixteen years - it will be sixteen in March. So, I track my physical transition from that time, although certainly I began to transition in some ways mentally about a year before. I've had top surgery for ten years, (it took awhile due to finances ( Read more... )

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