So you’re thinking about transition? In response to an “Ask Matt” query (thank you for your kind words, reader), I present five “if you’re thinking about transition” tips. 1. You’re on no one’s time frame but your own. All the things you read, all the people you meet, well-meaning advice from others, and even your [...]
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Ask Matt: Five ‘If You’re Thinking About Transition’ Tips
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged books, gender identity, transgender, transition, transsexual on July 21, 2010 | 19 Comments »
‘Letters For My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect’
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged being trans, books, Loren Cameron, trans men, transition on June 3, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’m now officially a trans elder — or maybe I just feel like one. A new book is out this month from Wilgefortis Press called Letters For My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect, and I’m honored to be one of the contributors. The book “features essays from respected transmen mentors who share the wisdom they [...]
My Life in Six Words: A Six-Word Memoir
Posted in Information, tagged books, six-word memoir, transition on February 8, 2010 | 16 Comments »
It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, the new six-word memoir book, is out from Smith Magazine, and I’m in it — which sounds special, but there are almost 1,000 six-word memoirs in this very compact paperback, including by Jennifer Finney Boylan and Quince Mountain. There may be [...]
The Testosterone Files by Max Wolf Valerio
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged books, hormones, Max Wolf Valerio, testosterone, The Testosterone Files, trans men, transition on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I met Max Wolf Valerio for the first time last week, although I have known about his existence for over twelve years, when I first started dealing with my gender issues. His book, The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male, is the story of his own transition and his own [...]
Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged activism, books, history, Leslie Feinberg, pronouns, trans men, trans women, transition on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been in the trans community for any length of time, you are familiar with Leslie Feinberg and have probably read Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. If you are just joining our community, or are not trans, but wanting to learn more about the topic, then I encourage [...]
‘No, Really, What Are You?’
Posted in Just Add Hormones Excerpts, Observations, tagged books, gender, gender expectations, gender expression, hormones, transition on July 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For “casual Friday” (meaning I am feeling uncreative today and very tired), instead of a regular post, I offer you a small selection from my book Just Add Hormones: An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual Experience. As a lead-in to this piece, I will tell you that, in the book, I was discussing an early [...]
Trans Bathroom Blues: The Public Restroom
Posted in Commentary, Just Add Hormones Excerpts, News, Observations, tagged books, legal, restrooms, transition on July 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Maine Human Rights Commission appears to be pretty progressive. Recently, they ruled in favor of a transgender male-to-female student’s right to use the girls’ restroom at school. And in May, they ruled in favor of a trans woman’s right to use the women’s restroom at a Denny’s restaurant. Public restroom issues can get messy [...]
Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged Becoming a Visible Man, books, hormones, James Green, relationships, surgery, testosterone, trans men, transition on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I first saw Jamison “James” Green in the pages of Loren Cameron‘s Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits – the first book I bought when I was dealing with my own gender stuff. I remember turning the pages and marveling over the before-and-after photos in Loren’s book. And when I got to James’ page, my immediate thought [...]
The Last Time I Wore a Dress by Daphne Scholinski
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged books, gender expectations, gender expression, gender identity, gender roles, identity, trans men, transgender, transition on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With “Make-over Camp” in the news, causing people to take a renewed interest in traditional gender roles, I think it’s appropriate to take a renewed interest in a 1997 book that’s as timely today as it was over a decade ago. The Last Time I Wore a Dress by Daphne Scholinski chronicles Scholinski’s adolescence, which [...]
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It’s OK to be a ‘Princess Boy’ or a ‘Princess Girl’
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged books, family, femininity, gender expression, identity, masculinity, television on January 13, 2011 | 18 Comments »
“Princess Boy” Dyson Kilodavis and his parents have been making the rounds on blogs, news programs, and talk shows, and responses have, as usual, been mixed. Dyson came to everyone’s attention when his mother, Cheryl, released a nonfiction book, My Princess Boy, about a four-year-old boy who prefers “princess-type” clothes and other adornments generally reserved [...]
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