Today, I am thinking about the last nine years, and the impact of gender transition on my life. Nine years ago today, my marriage effectively ended when I told my Continue Reading →
Today is October 11th. National coming out day. Today it has been almost 8 years since I first came out as trans and began my transition journey. Through this time Continue Reading →
Going ‘stealth’ is a term used by transgender people who decide that the best way for them to move forward after their transition is to be stealth and not be Continue Reading →
Yesterday in a moment of frustration I said to my friend Cait, “I’m so tired of the ‘trapped in the wrong body’ thing.” Her reply, “Then get out of the Continue Reading →
When I began my journey of transition seven years ago I started by doing reading. What I found was a lot about the steps leading to going ‘full-time’, information about Continue Reading →
I wrote this as part of a talk I gave at the Unitarian Fellowship of Northwest Toronto. It is based on the Dayenu portion of the Passover Seder. During this Continue Reading →
Today is the international Trans Day of Visibility. The only other day of the year that we mark is the Trans Day of Remembrance which is a day where we Continue Reading →
This post was written for The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity and may be found here. Amid all the negative news about LTBTQ* rights being limited and laws Continue Reading →
Surgery, more specifically, gender confirmation surgeries, is often the elephant in the room when it comes to talking about trans experiences and stories. We talk about access to the various Continue Reading →
Since my post on Wednesday, June 24, Please Hold, Your Medical Transition is Important to Us, the Globe and Mail has reported that “Ontario to expand access to publicly insured sex reassignment Continue Reading →