FFS + 7 days - The fact that it hurts, and recedes, indicates passing through change

May 08, 2008 08:50

And I'm back. It's all done. The sutures are out, leaving little blood-dotted tracks across my forehead like a map to I don't know where. Flakes of hair shed around the suture line. Hope that stops soon. A shallow grove runs under my nose. In my mouth, tangles of dissolvable/edible sutures slowly recede across two streak-like lesions.

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transition, surgery, tg, embodiment, ffs, gender, gq

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innerlife_ May 8 2008, 17:10:26 UTC
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Keep healin'. Good job so far. ;)

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eva00 May 8 2008, 17:21:04 UTC
It's really interesting to see this updated step by step, and great hearing that it's going so well.

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plaidalicious May 8 2008, 17:42:11 UTC
I am glad that the pain and suffering are paying off. It means so much to you I'm glad it's going well.

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this is just killing me porphyre May 8 2008, 19:00:12 UTC
Two Families Grapple with Sons' Gender Preferences

In particular, there is one typically girl thing - now banned - that her son absolutely cannot resist.

"He really struggles with the color pink. He really struggles with the color pink. He can't even really look at pink," Carol says. "He's like an addict. He's like, 'Mommy, don't take me there! Close my eyes! Cover my eyes! I can't see that stuff; it's all pink!' "

What kind of society are we that makes it okay to torture a little boy into thinking everything he likes is wrong?

As his pile of toys dwindled, Carol realized Bradley was hoarding. She would find female action figures stashed between couch pillows. Rainbow unicorns were hidden in the back of Bradley's closet. Bradley seemed at a loss, she said. They gave him male toys, but he chose not to play at all ( ... )

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sambiamb May 8 2008, 19:44:46 UTC
Keep on healing, friend. Glad to hear it is going well so far.

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