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Let's Get Physical

Warning: this installment may be a little... personal. No, it’s not about sex. It’s about my relationship with my body, and the changes it’s going through. I’ve actually been trying to write this one for nearly two weeks, in various different (and unsuccessful) shapes. Finally I realized that I was trying too hard to be objective, or at least what might pass for objective... to be politely, even amusingly, distanced from my subject. Which is, of course, exactly what I’ve been doing with my body for half a lifetime... no surprises there, I guess. So - we’ll try this another way... and I’ll tell you my own, very personal tale. This may take a while. ;) NOTE: Please be forewarned that this post contains some pretty plain language about male and female bodies, and about transitional bodies! So anyway... When I chose to ask my doctor to approve hormone therapy for gender transition, it was with the recognition that this would not be a fully controllable process. We could decide ...

Signing My Name, or The Perils Of Caution

So, after a long (though unintentional) break in posting this summer, it definitely feels like time to get writing again. And while there’s a lot to share about these past few months, their challenges, and the thoughts and questions they’ve raised, I’m going to start with a symbolic act that feels significant to me: attaching my real name to this journal and its contents. Last year, when I first came out to my little community of friends and coworkers, and started this journaling project, there were a number of important questions that I intentionally put on a back burner, with the understanding that sometimes things just need to simmer for a while. One of those questions concerned the wisdom of being too public about being Transgender. (Remember, these were the days before Caitlyn Jenner, LOL - yeah, baby, I was Trans before Trans was cool. :::grin:::) In particular, the wisdom of putting my real, legal name on this journal. Now, that might seem like an odd thing to worry about, ...