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 ...