I have finally managed to carve off the Trans 101 portion of my
coming out document, and I’ve posted it on a page on this site (check
the navigation bar across the top).
In other news, I am deep in the maelstrom of hormonal and social
transition, which simultaneously overloads me and fixes me. More
writing may land here soon, [...]

Tipped off by a friend, I went to see George Smitherman speak at the University of Toronto this morning. He was the opening speaker at Healthy Queer Communities, a one day free conference on Queer Studies in Education, put on by OISE (the education faculty).
I must be a little heated up about this SRS + [...]

I commented to Maxine, CAMH’s facilitator (a trans woman herself), that I was surprised to find the group so small given the news.
“I had expected it to be a full house, given last week’s announcement.”
“So did I,” she said, and then paused for a second, before continuing “but they still hate us.”
“Yeah. I’m part of [...]

I got riled up about CAMH being proposed as the gatekeeper for SRS (sex reassignment surgery), which is being re-listed for coverage under Ontario’s health care system.
I really don’t like the CAMH Gender Identity Clinic! I think they hurt me, they wasted my time, and they made my family’s journey harder. I think their views [...]

Yep. I’m starting a blog. It’s a big step out into the unknown.
But wait–there’s more!–it’s a blog to collect thoughts and musings on my gender transition. That’s the part that’s still a bit hard to believe, but is simultaneously completely undeniable. Life is weird.
I’m going to start by posting a visual model of the gender spectrum that I’ve been working on. I plan to incorporate it into a fold-out wallet card sized Trans 101 brochure.

This is my first cut at a visual model to help anchor discussions of gender and transness. Please feel free to post [...]