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, [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Ask Matt: Testosterone and Cancer Risk
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, health, hormones, surgery, testosterone, trans men on March 17, 2011 | 8 Comments »
A reader writes: “I have pondered taking testosterone for years now. But recently I have become more interested in it. I feel it almost seems like a need that I need to fulfill. So I am wondering if it is medically necessary to have a partial or radical hysterectomy. I have read a few articles [...]
Ask Matt: How Can I Enjoy Sex When I Hate My Body?
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, masculinity, relationships, sex, sexual orientation, surgery, trans men on March 10, 2011 | 23 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am a trans boy who only likes sex with boys (trans or cissexual) and I am a top. “As you may know, we trans men can’t achieve “normative” male genitals (that function completely like a non-trans male’s) through surgery. This makes me miserable, given that my entire life, my sexual fantasies [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Getting a Name and Gender Change
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged gender, legal, surgery, transition on January 31, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “This question might not necessarily be universal because of the laws in different states, but what are the hoops you need to jump through in order to get your name and gender changed? I live in Colorado, so I am particularly interested in Colorado laws.” While you are correct that laws vary [...]
Ask Matt Monday: How to Pick an Insurance Policy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged health care, hormones, insurance, surgery, transition on January 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “I need to buy health insurance and I am considering FTM transition at some point in the future. Does health insurance cover hormone therapy and/or surgeries at all if you go through proper channels? Are there certain things that I need to pay attention when deciding on a plan that would make [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Will Health Care Reform Cover Transition?
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Information, tagged health, health care, legal, surgery, transition on November 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am wondering how the health care reform bill affects trans people. If we must carry our own health insurance, and insurance companies are no longer allowed to deny preexisting conditions, does that mean they now have to cover medically related surgeries?” I don’t know everything about the new health care reform [...]
Ask Matt Monday: In Bed with a Trans Man
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged bodies, hormones, language, relationships, sex, surgery, testosterone, trans men on October 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am a queer woman dating a trans guy. This is all very new to me, and a very sensitive subject to him. This person is in transition, having T regularly, is planning top surgery, but has no intentions to change his sex. “What do I call his sex? What do I [...]
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‘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 [...]
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