Category Archives: gender

Unsure

Another Buddy monologue, a bit from the novel-in-progress: I had become unsure of my place in the world.  Was I a woman who looked like a man and felt like one sometimes?  Was I a man trapped in a woman’s … Continue reading

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The Difficulty of Communicating Me

A conversation with my wife this morning, one in a series on gender identity and the binary, pointed a bright spotlight on an area of my personal identity journey my wife has serious issues with:  my male identity. OK, it’s … Continue reading

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TDOR: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, and I invite everyone to take a moment to remember and honor the trans* and gender non-conforming people who have died due to violence and intolerance.  I include gender non-conforming because transphobia isn’t limited … Continue reading

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Suburban Butch Dad Report: Travelling While Trans, Family Edition

It’s the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday (US edition) and my family will be travelling next week.  It will mark the first time I’ve flown since February, which is weird considering how friendly the skies and I have become during … Continue reading

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On Preferred Pronouns, My Answer has Changed

Our custom at Pizza Klatch is to start our lunch time support with check ins.  Checking in involves saying your first name, your preferred gender pronouns and sharing a high and a low from the previous week. When it was … Continue reading

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More on Roving Pack

As often happens after I hit the ‘publish’ button, today I had some additional thoughts about Roving Pack, the novel by Sassafras Lowrey, that I recently reviewed. In the review, I said that I was inspired and called to write … Continue reading

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Some Wonderful Rare Moments of Non-Dysphoria

My status said: whatever the opposite of dysphoria is, I’m feeling it today.. wow! this feels good Later that day, my friend Nick asked “What does that feel like?” We both agreed that we go through life with an underlying … Continue reading

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Great post on Gender Neutral Pronouns, From Ask Matt

Matt Kaily (Tranifesto) has a feature on his blog called ‘Ask Matt’.  He is a great educator, and his answers are always thoughtful and well written.  The one I’m referring to answers a question by a sophomore in high school … Continue reading

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Something We Don’t Talk About Much: Scuzzy Cock

There’s something I don’t see talked about much, probably because other people have better sense than I do.  The topic of discussion is grungy old cocks. Sometimes the cure to grungy cock syndrome is to drop it in a pot … Continue reading

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Genderqueer week(s) in review

A collection of gender related happenings in recent days and weeks. gender at work At the office, along with making magic happen with 1s and 0s, I’ve been involved in an agonizing process called:  get the next contract.  There have … Continue reading

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