You know, you would think that normies would be able to help you learn how to act normally, offering constructive tips about how to fit in and all that. They can’t do that, though. They are mostly useless at that kind of assistance. The reason is, I suspect, that they don’t really understand what doing … Continue reading Trans Practice
ShamanGal thought it would be explosive, unforgettable, thundering, traumatic. She imagined the moment when her defences would drop and everything would change. She imagined it as cataclysmic, almost apocalyptic, a seismic shift of world shaking proportions that would mark her forever. It didn’t happen like that, though. It was her first Monday at the new … Continue reading Shattering
Maybe the most persistent myth inside the community of transpeople assigned as male at birth is that somehow, someway, genital reconstruction surgery (GRS) — the operation so many call “sexual reassignment surgery” or SRS — is powerful magic, changing everything in a person’s life.After all, if GRS isn’t so powerful, the thinking goes, why is … Continue reading Slice No Magic
I guess it is no surprise, being immersed in a heterosexist culture like we are, that lots of people think that genital configuration is the key to everything, even people who should know better. For “Women Born Transsexual” and their ilk, they just read this a bit different than most heterosexists; they believe that it’s … Continue reading TransNatural Requiem
TBB thinks I have the idea of “normal” wrong. To her, normal isn’t some model of what would be good and what wouldn’t be good. Being normal just means being comfortable in her skin and her world. When she decided to transition, she abanoned hope of being normative, blending in somehow. Rather, she committed herself … Continue reading Re-Normal
Pamela just wants to be normal. Her wife, well, she just wants to be normal too, but since her husband wants to be a woman, well, that doesn’t seem to be going so well for her. Pamela is in her late 50s, working a less than rewarding job. She has a degree in theology, which … Continue reading Chasing Normal
The heaviest burden I carry is the possibility of you changing. I know that in order to truly be a force for transformation, I have to be willing and able to encourage & embrace change wherever it occurs. Every change is a step towards something better, even if it is one of the proverbial two … Continue reading Burden
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