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December 21, 2012 is the end of the Mayan calendar and rumored to signal the end of the world as we know it. Personally, I think the Mayans said, "You know what, 2012 is ages from now. Let's just stop. I got more important shit to do. We can update it again in a thousand years or so." Doomsday doesn't concern me, but there are some big ( Read more... )

When people ask me how I began my transition, I tend to give several different answers depending on my mood. Did my transition begin when I came out as transsexual on my 22nd birthday? I'd say much sooner. What about when I came out as gay before that and began exploring my gender expression before dealing with my gender identity? Close, but still ( Read more... )

As you may or may not know, I'm going crazy this week trying to get all my homework done as well as set up everything for Transgender Week here on campus. I've just spent the last 4 hours working on definitions, history and explanations of transgender people. I think this last piece I've put together is both informative and kind of funny. ( Read more... )

What the hell, these are fun from time to time. Call it a guilty pleasure.

RULE 1. You can only say Guilty or Innocent.

RULE 2. You are not allowed to explain anything unless someone messages you and asks!

1. Asked someone to marry you?
innocent

2. Kissed one of your Facebook friends?

guilty

3. Danced on a table in a bar?

innocent

4. Ever told a lie ( Read more... )

November is a busy month for me. It's a time I attempt to write a novel for NaNoWriMo (though I'm not really succeeding this time around). It's a time to give thanks with my family, both the one I was born with and the one I've created. It's also a time to pay respect to my brothers and sisters who have died at the hands of another. For ( Read more... )

A lot has happened over the last month. 9 students have committed suicide as a result of homophobic bullying. A fellow trans sister was strangled in her own apartment and later ridiculed by the press and police. In my own city, Dallas ISD barred a trans girl from running for homecoming queen. This has been a dark, depressing time in the LGBTQA ( Read more... )

One of my kids over at Youth First posted this and I thought it was a cool exercise to try. We've had a sit-down version of "If you really knew me..." at Big Group there and it went over pretty well. Of course, I'm not sure what more I can reveal on this blog, but I'll do my best. This isn't a pity party or anything, it's just a chance to ( Read more... )

We're getting close to Pride Weekend here in Dallas and I can't wait. It's been nearly two years since I've been to the Pride Parade and, I realized earlier this week, since I went "full-time" in my transition.

On September 21st, 2008 I was working at Lone Star Comics. It had been over a month since I came out to my friends and loved ones as a ( Read more... )

I just read a powerful blog about trans women and our pre-transition experiences. She raises a profound point I have been thinking about in the back of my mind for a long time. It gnaws at me lazily but I can't put my finger on it. This finally woke me up.

She points out transsexuals are silenced through the classic "Transsexual Narrative" ( Read more... )