For most of my life, I was oppressed by this suffocating creation – a box built by a society that doesn’t understand what a “guy” really is.
Why Do We Still Celebrate ‘Mother’s Day’ and ‘Father’s Day’?
Why don't we make one holiday – “Parents’ Day”? You get rid of a lot of the assumptions that are harming our society.
Why don’t we make one holiday – “Parents’ Day”? You get rid of a lot of the assumptions that are harming our society.
Do I Belong on the GMP?
Maybe I'm not non-binary myself, and maybe I don't identify as trans*, but I've dealt a lot with the issues around this stuff, and I know I can help.
Even though I’d spent eight months in “transition”, presenting as a woman (and BEING a woman, albeit with a penis), I realized I hadn’t seen myself as a REAL woman before I got the right body.
Let’s Talk About ‘Passing’
In both the transsexual and cross-dressing communities, the word “pass” is used to describe whether someone is perceived as the gender they’re presenting as, or “really” the other.
In both the transsexual and cross-dressing communities, the word “pass” is used to describe whether someone is perceived as the gender they’re presenting as or “really” the other.
The Privilege of Being the Non-Natal Sex
We live in an amazing epoch, where it's possible to be born in a completely wrong body, but actually manage to change your sex.
We live in an amazing epoch, where it’s possible to be born in a completely wrong body, but actually manage to change your sex.
Governments Don’t Understand ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’
The simple answer is to stop listing “sex” on IDs and passports. No one checking those needs to know your anatomy.
The simple answer is to stop listing “sex” on IDs and passports. No one checking those needs to know your anatomy.
What Is the Pronoun for God?
God isn’t someone – or something – whose gender we have the slightest idea about.
God isn’t someone – or something – whose gender we have the slightest idea about.
‘What Is Your Good Name?’
My 'bad name' thrust me, over and over, into a box that wouldn’t fit.
The first time I was asked this, it was by a nurse at the transsexual surgery centre in Delhi, India.
‘Welcome to Womanhood.’
All that it does is remind me that I had no one to welcome me into womanhood when I was eighteen.
It’s a painful truth that womanhood (and even having a gender!) is a new thing for me.
‘You’re So Beautiful!’
Switching sex takes time.
Facing the fear that people will never really see me as the woman I am, but always as a “boy who turned into a girl”.
On Wishing I’d Been a ‘Normal’ Person
Are carefree people fundamentally better people than those weighed down with concern?
Are carefree people fundamentally better people than those weighed down with concern?
Why’s the ‘T’ in LGBTQ? (and About That Q…)
Gender, unlike sexuality, isn’t about attraction to other people. Gender is identity.
Gender, unlike sexuality, isn’t about attraction to other people. Gender is identity.
‘You Used to Be a Guy?’
Here’s the short answer. No. I am not, and have never been, a “guy.”
Here’s the short answer. No. I am not, and have never been, a “guy.”
Boys vs. Girls
The downsides of being a girl born with “boy parts.”
The downsides of being a girl born with “boy parts.”