I’m sure you’ve seen me hypothesize that the Christian Right wants to drive trans people out of the public sphere. That they would be happy if we didn’t exist. And maybe you thought it was hyperbole.
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Tag Archives: Transgender
My Unexpected Vaccine Encounter and Its Lessons
11 OctI went today to get my Covid and flu vaccines. The pharmacy was surprisingly busy for mid-day. I wasn’t the only one there for vaccines either.
Continue readingSuicide Rates Among Transgender Youth: A Call to Action
9 Oct
It feels painfully obvious that the recent rash of anti-transgender laws, bills, and executive actions in the United States are harmful to the mental health of all transgender people. None more so than transgender youth, it seems.
Continue readingWindows in School Restrooms: A Controversial Decision
7 OctYes, you read that correctly. A school board in SW Pennsylvania spent money to cut windows into student bathrooms so that passersby could look into the so-called “gender-identity” bathrooms. As you might imagine, that didn’t go over well.
Continue readingHurricane Helene’s Disruption: IV Fluids and Elective Surgeries
4 OctToday I learned that hurricane Helene shut down a factory in North Carolina which makes intravenous fluids.
Continue readingThe Crisis for Transgender Texans: A Heartbreaking Reality
3 OctIt doesn’t seem possible, but it is true. Being trans in Texas is likely about to get even worse.
Continue readingExploring Friendship and Trans Identity in ‘Will & Harper’
28 SepI just watched Will & Harper on Netflix. Spoilers ahead. Do not read on if you want to avoid them. It was … Beautiful. Funny. Heartwarming. Heartbreaking. All of that, and more. So much has been said, probably better than I ever could, about this documentary.
Continue readingUnderstanding My Trans Journey
27 SepI’ve signed off many posts on my blog with the sentence “The journey continues.” It’s time I expounded a bit on the meaning behind that.
Continue readingNavigating Insurance Challenges for Gender Affirming Surgery
25 Sep
Due to a bit of a SNAFU with my insurance approval, it became necessary to reschedule my upcoming gender affirming surgery. It seems that the insurance approval was only valid for a specific period of time. In this case, that period of time was 2 months.
Continue readingSupporting Friends in Crisis: A Personal Journey
24 SepA very dear friend emailed me, just before my therapy session today, that his wife had a cardiac arrest and is in ICU in Houston.
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An Aging Trans Woman 