This weekend, I went to the Renaissance Festival with my gay, non-trans best friend, and then we watched movies afterward at his house. For an entire day, I did not turn on the computer, did not write posts, did not do work for my newspaper, and did not consciously think about being trans, except for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘privacy’
Trans For a Living: Pitfalls and Payoffs
Posted in Observations, tagged being out, being trans, privacy on August 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Once You’re Out, You Can’t Go Back
Posted in Advice, Information, Observations, tagged activism, being out, coming out, Internet, privacy, transition on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That closet door slams hard behind you. I’ve been talking about assimilation versus visibility, and another fantastic reader comment influenced me to extend this conversation a little. He talked about the inner turmoil of just being an “average joe” versus being out and advocating for the trans community. And as much as I favor being [...]
Two Sides of One Trans Coin: Heads
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged assimilation, bodies, privacy, transition on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I began my transition twelve years ago, my initial desire was to assimilate into mainstream male society — “Today, I am a man.” That lasted about as long as it took me to realize that I couldn’t play sports, knew nothing about car engines, didn’t think the Three Stooges were all that funny, and [...]
Trans Etiquette: No Touching!
Posted in Advice, tagged allies, bodies, etiquette, privacy, transition on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever been pregnant (I haven’t), then you may know what it’s like to turn your body over to the public. And if you’ve ever been a transsexual (I have), then you’ve probably had a similar experience. Perfect strangers (and how perfect they really are is questionable) seem to think nothing of walking right [...]
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