Around the age of six children come to be fully aware that their sex is permanent, that it is unchanging. This is the principle of gender constancy. Essentially this awareness is a good thing as it strenghten their own self-awareness of who they are and who they will grow up to be. There is however…
Month: August 2017
My Transgender Life — Ten Mistakes I Made That Everyone Should Avoid
I Choice To Cope With My Challenges On My Own There was a period of several weeks, maybe even several months, when I desperately wanted to try on some of Cheri’s dresses and when I did so. I was nine or ten years old at the time and I was confused as to why I…
About My Blog And Who I Am
Am I transgender? Am I a transgender woman? If I am being as truthful as possible, I would have to say I simply don’t know. One reaatson for my uncertainty is that I am not sure that ‘transgender’ is a thing. The concept itself only makes sense if we are talking about a binary…
My Gender Identity: An Hypothesis
Why am I transgender? Why am I different? While I feel the first question may be appropriate, I do not feel the second question is relevant. I am not different. I am unique. I am unique in the same way that every other person in the world is uniquely who they are. However because I…
When Did My Transition Begin?
According to Wikipedia, here is the definition of transgender transitioning. Transitioning is the process of changing one’s gender presentation and/or sex characteristics to accord with one’s internal sense of gender identity – the idea of what it means to be a man or a woman, or genderqueer (in-between). … Transitioning might involve medical treatment, but it does…
The Tyranny Of The Gender Binary
In western culture, there is one widely accept viewpoint on the issue of gender. When a newborn comes into the world, if that newborn is female she is a girl. If that newborn is male he is a boy. Even if within a specific family the newborn is raised with a gender-neutral effort, social pressures…
Southern Comfort Conference 2000
In October of 2000, I attended the Southern Comfort Conference (SCC) in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time SCC was one of the nation’s largest anual events for transgender men and women as well as crossdressers. I was living in Dallas at the time and working for GEICO. I had been wanting to attend the…