CW: This post talks about suicide, self harm, and anti-trans violence Another week, another transgender death or three. This week it was the suicide of a young transgender person that Continue Reading →
Social media can be a wonderful place. People often find support online that they are unable to find elsewhere. It can also be a vile, horrible, nasty, malicious, and harmful Continue Reading →
CW: This post discusses right wing Christian fundamentalism and may cause a reaction in those who have been, or are part of it On Monday night I came across an 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 →
This is an edited version of the talk I gave this past Sunday at The Unitarian Fellowship of Northwest Toronto. They were a wonderful group to speak to and the 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 →
Today a major Canadian telecommunications company is promoting the discussion of mental health in Canada with a campaign with the slogan “Let’s Talk.” On one level this is a good 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 →
This past week the BBC aired a documentary titled, “Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?” In addition to this the National Post published a column and an op-ed that questioned whether Continue Reading →
When I was a child I had problems with mainstream schooling. I was bright, intelligent, and received a ‘gifted’ classification. Yet, at the same time, I had areas in which Continue Reading →
