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SRS: Why Now?
(I spoke about this way back in the beginning of this blog. It’s worth revisiting.) Another question people might ask — indeed, have asked — me in a Q&A session is: “Why did you wait so late in...
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Weekly Review of Readers’ Comments (Jan. 22-28)
There were plenty of thoughtful responses to posts last week. Here’s a roundup of what readers had to say: ON: Mandatory Sterilization and Sexual Reassignment Surgery 1. ‘ So, I ask you the question:...
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Facing Up to Gender Dysphoria
Here’s a post seeking the input of people who have “come out” and transitioned (or are transitioning): “Coming out” and transitioning has done far more for me than just “cure” my gender dysphoria: it...
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Gender Transitioning: Cheating on the Path to the Surgeon’s Table
A friend was telling me the other day about some trans groups that “educate” their members on what to say to therapists and other professionals to get through the transitioning process. I suppose they...
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Readers’ Comments From the Past Week
Here’s what readers had to say this past week (Feb. 26-March 3): On: Hormone Replacement Therapy: Fountain of Youth for Trans People 1. Hi Jillian, I’m just getting caught up on my reading after a busy...
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Media, Let Go of “Tom Gabel,” Embrace “Laura Jane Grace”
I’m wondering how long it will be before the media lets go of Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace’s old name. I suppose the media as well as the singer’s fans and friends all have to go through a name...
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Transitioning: On to the Next Stage
Have I mentioned that aging sucks? Big time? Well, it does. I did my annual photo shoot at home this week, and I didn’t like what I saw. Yes, the ravages of time are showing. Conclusion: I will be...
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Gender De-Transitioning: When Sexual Reassignment Surgery Was a Mistake
Our friend/playwright Randi sent me a link tonight to an article on the Daily Mail site about someone “who became a woman in sex change operation 23 years ago (and now) wants to be a man again.” Gary...
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Between Us: Bone Density in Transitioning Women
This is another in the Between Us series for transitioning MtF people and the medical profession . . . I urge all MtF people who are switching off testosterone (taking T-blockers and having SRS) and...
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Fallon Fox in the MMA: Is She At a Disadvantage?
Following up my preceding post, which was written for trans people and medical professionals, I write this one for medical professionals and MMA and UFC officials to consider . . . Much is being...
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ABC editor Don Ennis ‘not transgender after all’: reports
It happens sometimes . . . People announce to the world that they are gender transitioning, live as the opposite of their birth sex for a while, then change their minds. It’s one of the reasons why...
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