So, I’ve been feeling pretty good for a crazy trannie who just abruptly went off her mood stabilizers and androgen blockers, and further-tapered her anti-depressant dose (in response to the liver situation, discussed in the last post).
Today, not so much. I was getting along fine until I spoke with my mother, and she began dispensing [...]

Today didn’t start off in the best way. I awoke to my phone ringing. That’s not all that surprising, or bad in itself. Based on the volume, I concluded that it wasn’t in the bedroom, so I let it ring, certain I’d never make it anyway.
Then it started up again a moment or two later. [...]

There is way too much overhead in every situation in my life these days. Father’s Day is a prime example.
I assume that most fathers with young children are eagerly awaiting this Sunday’s consumerist celebration of dad-hood, but I’m having difficulty looking forward to it at all.
I’m irritated that Father’s Day has to be complex in [...]

I can’t remember the last time I went an entire day without applying any makeup.
Ok. The truth is that I smushed a little pink lip balm onto my lips a couple of times, but that was it. Like lip balm counts.
This is important because I use makeup for feminization. Sure, it’s also about making myself [...]

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 [...]