A reader writes: “As a European living in New York, I find the U.S. health insurance system bewildering, to put it mildly. A German friend just had his bottom surgery done (is in the process of – seems to take a lot of steps, including complications) and there is no question that his health insurance [...]
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Ask Matt: What’s Wrong with the U.S. Health Care System?
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, health care, surgery, transition, transsexual on January 23, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Ask Matt: The Breast of Both Worlds
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, Observations, tagged bodies, masculinity, sex, sexual orientation, surgery, transition on January 16, 2012 | 11 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m a gay trans man about four months on T, and I’m making plans to schedule top surgery soon. Although my overall gender identity is pretty much binarily male, my sexual identity seems more dual-gender, in that when I’m feeling aroused, nipple stimulation and visualizing myself with a mixture of both male [...]
Ask Matt: Why Take a Risk with Transition Surgery?
Posted in Ask Matt, Observations, tagged health care, surgery, transsexual on September 5, 2011 | 17 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am currently a transvestite, and I am wondering why anyone would risk possible infection or complications involved with transgender surgery. I would be interested to hear what you think.” I definitely have an opinion on this (don’t I always?), but in this case, I believe that my opinion is backed up [...]
Ask Matt Minis: Turning to My Readers for Answers
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged being trans, bodies, discrimination, education, health care, hormones, surgery on August 1, 2011 | 13 Comments »
I have received several Ask Matt questions that are factual in nature, and that I am hoping readers with specific knowledge and expertise can answer. I am offering a short answer to each and then turning to readers to provide information that I might not be aware of. I know that I have readers out [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Bodies, Brains, and Hormones
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, hormones, surgery, testosterone, trans men, transition on May 16, 2011 | 17 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m in the process of contemplating my options, and have several questions: “First, what happens if you take only low doses of testosterone? Do your changes happen slower? Do they not happen at all without a certain minimum? I will of course consult with an endocrinologist, but I just wanted to see [...]
‘Non’ is the ‘Op’-erative Word
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged bodies, identity, language, restrooms, surgery, transsexual on April 28, 2011 | 47 Comments »
I was presenting on a trans panel recently, and the facilitator asked each of us to introduce ourselves and say a little about ourselves, including whether we were pre-op, post-op, or non-op. Although I was slightly taken aback, I simply waited my turn and explained that I don’t identify myself by my operations. I have [...]
Show Us Your Genitals! and Other Gender Weirdness
Posted in Commentary, News, Observations, tagged bodies, discrimination, employment, family, gender expression, legal, surgery, trans men on April 14, 2011 | 25 Comments »
I don’t know how people have the time to get upset about all the things they get upset about, but once again, we’ve got people worrying about non-issues, as if we’ve actually solved all the real problems in the world and have to dig up stuff to keep us shocked and offended. First of all, [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Age, Genetics, and Transition
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, Observations, tagged bodies, health care, hormones, surgery, testosterone, trans men, transition on April 4, 2011 | 18 Comments »
I have received several questions from readers related to various aspects of age, genetics, and transition, so I thought we could examine them as a group. These generally deal with FTM transition, so I’m hoping that women readers will chime in with information they have related to age, genetics, and MTF transition. Question 1. A [...]
Ask Matt: In the Market for Metoidioplasty
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged bodies, community, health care, hormones, surgery, trans men, transition on March 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A reader writes: “I have been on T for eight months now and I have some significant physical changes. The one change that is on my mind is my clitoral/neophallus changes. How do I know what is normal for those changes? I have growth, but as of late it seems to have stopped. “Where do [...]
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You Can’t Have It Both Ways, Tennessee DMV
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged bodies, legal, surgery, trans women, transition on November 23, 2011 | 10 Comments »
This isn’t my usual posting day, but this infuriated me so much that I had to say something. It seems that Andrea Jones went to a Tennessee DMV office to have her driver’s license gender marker changed from “M” to “F.” The office refused because she didn’t have paperwork documenting proof of genital surgery. But [...]
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