In a few days, we will begin a series of guest posts on T-Central.
You will recognize some of the authors as well known T-Bloggers but there will be others who are not currently bloggers. What our guest authors have to say is from the heart and their writing is excellent.
You will see essays from those who have completed their transition, from those who are currently in transition and from those who fight the daily urge to transition. We will have at least one guest post from the wife (and many of you know her) of someone in transition and we also hope to have one or two posts regarding transition regrets.
I'd love to have a guest author who is the parent of a child in transition and perhaps another essay from the spouse - male or female - of someone in transition or who has transitioned. Please contact me if you are interested.
tiresias at hushmail dot com
Some of these posts may surprise you. Some may be a bit controversial. All will be "must-reads".
Guest posts will become an occasional feature of T-Central. We will be doing a similar series of posts on crossdressing later this year.
Our featured posts will be archived on a dedicated page on T-Central and available for future reference.
Rappin' With R: Barrette-Her :c)
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Apologies for being so scarce lately!
It is not from a lack of things to write about, believe me.
Rather, it is an abundance of them (nearly all positive, ...
Transition Emotions
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This video on the Cyrsti's Condo big screen showcases the emotions of a
young transgender woman before and during HRT. Check out Michelle:
Ask your community
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Ok, so, as with anyone who suddenly finds themselves having a job of doing
things for a community of people, I have folks who disagree with the way I
go ab...
Today's news round-up
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Good News
Illinois father gets prison in child-binding case
Murkowski becomes third Republican U.S. senator to back gay marriage
Bad News
Sign Language ...
Fitting Week Part 1
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As I mentioned a couple of entries ago, I was alone for the week where I
live- just me and the dog. Wife, Mother In law (MIL) and Daughter were all
at the...
not much running this month :(
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06/01/2013 sat 3.30 km
06/02/2013 sun off
06/03/2013 mon 5.50
06/04/2013 tues
06/05/2013 wed 7.50
06/06/2013 thur off
06/07/2013 fri off
06/08/2013 sat ...
File This Under “I Would Have Never Guessed!”
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I think this is no surprise to anyone…
*Experts: Fox News' Coverage Contributes To Violence, Discrimination
Against Transgender Community*
Media Matters
C...
Perminent?
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Well I've had quite a day one way and another, I managed to squeeze a
couple of firsts in as well. As I said earlier I had been looking forward
to havin...
gender bound and pretty
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Submitted by medina cardona, the artist. “medina cardona is a genderqueer,
Taino, artist with a disability, whose work focuses on the politics of race
and ...
Puzzling Out What Everyone Reads
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*Field Notes In/On Transition*
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*Puzzling Out What Everyone Reads*
I’m just finishing up a week off from my job. Back to work this morning,
all the knot...
Brighter Skies On Horizon
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As children we all have an idea of what we wanted to be. Common answers
were policeman. fireman, nurse, teacher, doctor or lawyer. Today it may be
a star a...
Celebrities Read Mean Tweets Parody
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Today’s video is a parody of Jimmy Kimmel LIVE’s popular Internet video
series entitled “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets About Themselves”. It’s one
of the fe...
Simple Pleasure: Live and Learn
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It's *very* cuteI bought a necklace last Saturday at a small jewelry
store. They sold a mix of vintage and new, fine and
costume (why isn't the opposite of...
Who Knows
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[image: prints_2013-06-19] The building I work in houses two companies. So
today, when we had a fire drill, the employees of both companies filed out
to ...
On the Third Day (of my Northern Tour)
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I'm at Powburn in Northumberland, and the third day of my Northern Tour
dawns. Yet again it's warm and sunny. Today, then, I'll undertake a
five-mile retur...
Wally In The Suds wild swim
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*...or Sally in the Woods, if you'd rather!*
It's time to start planning for the next wild swim. So....
When and where: Sunday July 7th, 2013, 12:00 meet ...
How (Not) To Be An Ally
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My patience for snark is really, really low these days, but I still found
some of the gems in “8 Ways Not To Be An “Ally”: A Non-Comprehensive List”
pretty...
Out, Out, Out....
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It's a nice thing being out...
Conquering my fear of the unknown has been a blessing. Tonight, I had the
pleasure of outing myself to another person - a...
Flight Path
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I gave myself my estrogen shot today.
It has been several weeks since my last one. The main reason is simple -
it's financial. Each little vial of that ...
Sexuality and Transsexuality
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I was thinking the other day about my experience of sexuality before I
accepted myself as transsexual. I did not do well with male sexuality for
most of m...
The past is a minefield
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I have recently been rewriting my CV for an application that I am making to
go on a training event that is free and will be hugely oversubscribed. I
though...
Return to Laser
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It was way back in 2009 that battle commenced on your bloggist’s hairy
face. The chosen weapon was laser and, at the time, I confidently
predicted that 6-...
It happened at Katz's
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Going to dip my pretty little toes into a place where they could get a wee bit messy, but after all, what are toes for anyway?
Two posts in the past few wee...
The Invisible Gorilla
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In “The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways our Intentions Deceive Us” by
Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, the authors describe a test where
they ask t...
Outfit for 6/17/13
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White Top - Guess
Purple Tank - Merona
Shorts - Celebrity Pink
Shoes - New York Transit
Bracelets - One from Japan, one thrifted
Today we had a morning mee...
Father's Day
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Yesterday was Father's Day and I was lucky enough to spent about 8 hours of
it with my parents. The big difference in this year and years past is that
th...
Return to the UK.
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Home again from our road trip. Julie wanted cool and she got it…
3840 miles in all hardly frantic pace for six weeks, 49.5 miles to each
imperial gal...
Been a while..
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It has been longer than usual since and update and much has happened but
little has happened all at the same time. So lets go through events shall
we :)
...
Keep on running
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OK, third time lucky hopefully. I've started this a couple of times in the
past few hours and got stuck. Let's see if it flows a third time.
I'll start wi...
I'm Cream Crackered!*
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Nowadays whenever I get near my computer to write a blog post I feel a bit like this.
A mixture of feeling overwhelmed, bored and exhausted, with a to...
Friday night at Sweet Home June 14 2013
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Well it has been another long week and this is my first chance to get time
as Susan and go out so I have been looking forward to it all week. The
weather a...
Comic Book Heroines
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I was sent off to school in the UK so I never developed at taste for
American super hero comics, instead I religiously bought Battle Action
later transfe...
... The Door Slammed Shut!
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The Heart Attack came out of nowhere and put one of my close friends in
hospital.
He is only in his early fifties and also a friend of my father so I felt ...
Just about done . . .
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Well, the more I think on it, the more I think I am just about done
traveling transgendered. For the last year or so I’ve been growing
increasingly unha...
Friday Quotes
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I haven’t done one of these in a while: “Like water which can clearly
mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed,
the mind can...
Who watches the Watchmen?
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Salutations dear reader,
*T-Stuff*
The dry spell has been broken. Whatever biological or mental (emphasis on
the mental ;-) ) block was floating in my nog...
A Double Life
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
Diana and I both know what it is li...
Rise and Shine… or Bedhead!
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Oh, the intimate levels to which I expose myself to you… A quick photo
taken this morning, straight out of bed – no makeup, no hairbrush, no
nothing… Tot...
Mâine, a Reprise
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My final days in Romania have been full of life. I will find time once I
am in the US to write about these last weeks and days, but with only a day
left i...
Say Hello to My Little Friend
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There has been a lot of nighttime activity around here lately. For one
thing, there is a mama skunk and her six babies that have been foraging in
the neig...
One more small step for Mankind
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From The Associated Press
A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest
manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orb...
Hooker (and not the rugby kind)
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Last Saturday I went to the latest Pink Kitten showcase. For once I wasn't
performing but sitting in the audience and watching the rest of the girls
perfor...
Margaritaville: Legacy of the Lost Scrolls
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As you know D(Racer's wife) and I made a date for dinner and drinks.
The text exchange was rather funny as she mentioned a good Mexican
restaurant that had...
Arctic Pride
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This is a little post about the supportive queer community up north. Last
August, I attended the first of the newly revived NWT Pride celebrations. I
wasn'...
HELP! My Wife Made Me An Offer I Can't Refuse... : )
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I'll try to keep this one as brief as I can.
My lovely Wife, who supports me in eventually trying to transition, has offered to go away for a few days with...
Goodbye, For Now
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Thankyou!
No really, Thankyou!
I've been thinking how I could start this post and saying Thankyou seemed
the best way.
Five years ago I started blogging ...
fixin' an 'ole
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It must be nice, to be one of the Little People. What, you say, have I
given myself Airs and Graces, fancy myself a Cut Above?
Fortunately not. It m...
An open letter to the Spokane Trans* Comunity
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An open letter to the Spokane trans* community:
I am asking everyone to re-unify and put aside differences.
Consider the troubles that have drove us apart...
Taking A Step Back
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I have intentionally not posted over the last month while I gather my
thoughts on a few things. In my last entry I talked about hormones and that
created q...
Train drivers in skirts! Whatever next?
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I was tickled by a little piece on BBC radio four news today about the
Swedish train drivers.
Apparently a dozen or so of them are fed up with being fried...
Feel oh so close to suicide 7th June 2013
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Dear Diary I am so envious of those that have the guts to kill themselves,
that find the strength to carry out the only real thing we have control
over. Wh...
Six Months
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Today marks six months (to the day) since I lost my last job. I've had
three interviews in as many weeks, but none of them have amounted to
anything. One...
julia update june 2013!
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Hello, welcome to June, happy Pride month!
Speaking thereof, I will be participating in two Pride month events:
1) Thursday, June 27th will be Girl Talk's ...
Cash Loans - Get Instant Money Without Any Worries
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There is no need for you to panic when you require urgent money as you have
one option of borrowing money against the very paycheqe you draw each
month. ...
Honoring Courageous Transgender Veterans
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I am dedicating my performance at the Stars and Stripes and Slinky show at
the Fort Douglas Post Theater on July 6 to Kristin Beck, the retired Navy
SEAL f...
On Reading Trans-Related News Comments
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I don’t know why I do it. It’s like slowing on the freeway to catch sight
of something I’d rather not really see but still look. Funny thing is, I
stopped ...
we've all got bruises, part II.
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(Part I is here)
... to find three excited and happy-sounding messages from Chris. Turns out that she is just one of those who never clicks on her "Other" i...
Call Of The Wild
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Hello everyone,
As many of you know Sophia and I are leaving Arizona hopefully sometime
this fall, hopefully mid-November. Well as time passes and thing...
Proceed with caution
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I mentioned yesterday my paranoia about DJ's anonymity. I blame myself for
some of my paranoia because of a decision I made almost two years ago to
share ...
Reality and Illusion
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There they were.
The three of them.
The graying father, the younger, nice looking mother, and the teenage son.
The three of them, a family, were d...
Wow! Is Christmas Over Already???
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So when I last posted to this little blog last the warm glow of the
Christmas season had engulfed the world and visions of sugar plums were
dancing in my h...
I Got This
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Since we last spoke I've gotten another year older and passed the two year
post op mark. I know I don't write here much any longer and that's because
when...
Updates :(
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My favorite trans vlogger Jesslyngirl87 closed her youtube account
today,her videos gave me so much inspiration. I saw a lot of account with
just a goodbye...
Maybe it is…and maybe it isn’t
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I’m sure you’re all (three of you) feeling abandoned from lack of
posting….but here I am. The PET scan was last week and I have been waiting
for my appoint...
Sticks and Stones
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Originally posted by *xkcd_rss* at Sticks and Stones
http://xkcd.com/1216/
[image: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I
dese...
My Sister
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I have two sisters and one wasn't in the know until today.....a little trip
up to her home town accompanied with the usual nerves. After some
prevarication...
A Not So Condensed Update
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It has been over 7 months – yeah, that long – since my last meaningful(ish)
blog post, and quite frankly, I’m not really sure what to do with this
rather e...
Miles to Go Before I Sleep
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This isn’t just a story about a bike. It’s not just a story about what I
did today. It *is* a story that is all of ours, yet at the same time it is
also...
Chrissy Rogers
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AWARENESS: When did you first feel trans? How did it make you feel? Did you
embrace or run from it? Feeling ‘trans’ ? That’s something new for me, it’s
cer...
Red and orange nail reactions
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As I mentioned last Sunday, I went to a conference the Friday before that.
One of the other attendees offhandedly commented "Oh, red today" in
reference t...
Life in Oregon
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I made it safe and sound to Oregon and I’m getting settled and things are
looking good. It’s been wonderful spending time with my mom, who I haven’t
seen...
More on Trans (vs.) Feminism.
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*The following is my own personal take on things. (I don't speak for anyone
else.) The simplifications therein are for theoretical clarity; they do not
(ne...
I Had a Chat Today, Oh Boy
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**Note* Apologies to anyone showing up who expected an article along the
lines of what I used to write every Monday, I'm using this post to put a
convers...
I am home and it was one hell of a journey....
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After battling with my family regarding what is right and what is wrong the
outcome truly paid off, admitting you are wrong is the hardest possible
thing f...
The One With A Cheese Roll
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Hello, I'm back with a working broadband connection and if I were hiring a
comedian for the PFA awards I might check their act before rather than
faking ou...
My new LBD and other stories...
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Had some more photos done with the lovely Tracey from Trans-Femme. I am
absolutely blown away by how good a job she did of making me look great.
Epilogue
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Good things happen to us, bad things happen. Life washes over us and we
move from one event to the next. Some events are momentous and life
changing; gra...
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Hi all! I've missed writing. I forget how therapeutic blogging/journaling
can be until I start writing. Right now Owen is feeling stressed. We don't
have a...
WEV
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So what, you ducks want to breathlessly (well I hope not literally–I post
so infrequently you’d be long out of oxy) know, does CL do with herself,
since yo...
Un-learning the Gender Binary
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Identity is a funny thing. It was not something that I had thought about
very much until recently, and now it seems to be pulled to the front of my
brain...
Ether Radio
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Last Tuesday I took the day off work to run errands. Around 8:30 in the
morning I was sitting in my boyfriend's car by a gas pump. Peter was
inside colle...
The 2013 Trans 100 List Is Out!
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Contact: Jen Richards Co-Director, The Trans 100 jen@thetrans100.com
ABIGAIL JENSEN FROM TUSCON, ARIZONA ANNOUNCED TO THE FIRST EVER ‘TRANS
100’ LIST We H...
sunday april 7th,2013
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this is me headed to the diginity church meeting on the way out to the car
i went across the street to chat with my neighbor. upon seeing her
beautiful ea...
Pagans
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So, I've been studying Celtic history and mythology since I was... 19?
Yeah, that's about right... a long time. In fact, I was recently asked to
participat...
The transphobia of et al
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For anyone who has honestly dealt with their transphobia, it's not a
snap judgement just as coming to the realization we are who we are isn't.
It's a pr...
Epilogue
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Everyone knows the old idiom "When one door closes, another is opened.".
This is most definitely true, as I have discovered for myself these last
few month...
CanadianTransgendered Bill
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The King Steve Harper Republican Government and the House of Commons
passed a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate against
transgendered person...
men
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At my last session, my therapist asked me if I was hoping for validation of
my femininity from the attention of men. It was a good question--and I
didn't...
A Simple Struggle in Idaho
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Statehouse hosts discussion of adding words to Idaho Human Rights Act -
www.kivitv.com
I love Idaho and it's people. I love Boise. I am stunned that our
...
Pin Up Gurl
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I guess we all have this vision in our imagination of the kind of woman we
would be, if we were women. Some just take it further than others. This is
my ...
Trains, and Weddings
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I've been thinking about these so hard my brain has taken on a world of
it's own.
firstly I have to tell you I just found a dress that may fit! the wedding...
Of Blind Men and Elephants
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There is a very old Asian Parable about the utter foolishness of how a man
can "see" a thing he has in his hand quite clearly, yet by his trying to
extr...
With apologies to Dr Seuss
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Oh, dear. School children in Philadelphia are not after all to enjoy Dr
Seuss performed by drag cabaret star Martha Graham Cracker. Is it because
he is gay...
Just Checking In
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Well, it sure has been a while since I wrote anything here. I guess to
start I should mention that I have a job now; working overnights at
Walmart. It's no...
2013 - Still together!
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Still here, still married, still "doing what we're doing"...
Life is good! William and I still communicate well, still have an active
sex life that incorpo...
I Won't Be Denied Anymore
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When I take a photo over at my parents house, my mom always says, "*please
don't post it on Facebook!*" I understand how she feels now, because I
sometime...
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**Dear friends I thought your would enjoy, found on a
croossdreeser/transgender site Hair Removal.... (Author unknown) All hair
removal methods have tricke...
Music of My Heart
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A very good friend of mine has been burning discs of music for me that I
might catch up on some of the different genres she and my other young
friends grew...
Guilty!! By association
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I seriously don't understand why I do some things that I do!
When ever I'm feeling really good about myself and want to share my super
boring, mundane life...
When The Heart Plays Mind Tricks
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im into g. like so so much. gm gets to me. the first time we met, he was
the sweetest thing. asking me if we could take a photo together and it
turned out ...
2 Years on T
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The first gaming console I ever had was my clunky Nintendo Game Boy. I was
around nine, and I loved Pokemon with the fiery passion of a gamer. I
don’t ha...
Change of address :)
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Hi Folks… A belated happy new year and a change of location… i felt it was
time to to refresh the blog and move in the direction i’m going more… so
please ...
A short trip in the way back machine . . .
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January 4th, 2013 started as a day of running around, getting things done,
including my first ever visit to Chipotle then coming home and dropping
onto my ...
Feminism is for everyone – including trans women
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The fallout from the recent flame wars instigated by two mainstream UK
journalists seems to continue unabated and I will admit to having been
unprepared fo...
The Time I Outed Someone to Herself
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Trans people often say something along the lines of “If only I could have
dealt with this sooner, I was such an idiot!”, but can that process of self
disco...
I'm Jealous of Cissexual Women
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*This is deeply personal. I don't like talking about my body and sharing of
it. But maybe it will help you understand a bit about being trans and being
s...
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*I've noticed some of the most controversial of bloggers, those that
criticize the transsexuals who are's and who are not's, haven't posted any
"Merry Chri...
Complements of the Season. The other kind.
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*Having disposed*, *darlings*, of the *Compliments* yesterday, it is high
damn time I turned to the *Complements*. Return with me to the definition,
prov...
So where have I been..
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Well, I’ve been here but I’ve been swamped. Not that it’s an excuse or
anything but it’s been a bit of a reality. Things are starting to slow
down. It’s fu...
Schizophrenic and Transsexual in the same lifetime.
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*In this blog I hope to shed some light on being Schizophrenic and
Transsexual at the same time. These are issues I have had to deal with for
most of my li...
Two Amazing Years Later: Saying Goodbye
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It was just over two years ago when I began my journey and took the first
steps to permanently change my gender presentation to the world. There've
been a...
Baking Xmas Cookies
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We're having the big Xmas celebration at our place this year, a first.
Looks like everyone but my brother in law will be here, he won't be coming
in unti...
Christmas is coming, hooray
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Christmas is almost upon us and I am looking forward to my first in my
correct gender. Throughout my life I have sat at Xmas lunches feeling
uncomfortable...
What the?!
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I used to write this blog to keep up with my transition, a sort of
recording for possibly later use. I’m nearly positive no one is reading any
more, but it...
A Quick Hello - Rated PG-13 for Mild Gore
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Hello friends!
(WARNING: some of this might be a little gross. If you are squeamish,
proceed with caution!)
I know that I have been incredibly delinquent...
Good bye to you all.
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I have received a few emails from people asking how I was doing as I have
not posted in quite a while.
So I thought I better do one last blog before I dis...
THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK
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I received this "funny" in my email the other day and it really struck
home...please read.
*"THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK"*
One day I hopped in a taxi ...
Finding me
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Who we are is something many take for granted from the time they are born
but things change in everyone’s life, Children grow up, people marry, have
babie...
Reminder
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Just a quick reminder to all of you who are interested in new content from
me – I have been posting regularly at www.janieblack.com I have moved my
blog ov...
The end
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Two weeks ago I started work as Karen. Like everybody said it was fine in
the end and no big deal really. Everyone at my new job seems to be fine
with it a...
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I got a job! I am really, really happy right
now and very relieved. This was for a position
I interviewed for late last week and she called me
back and off...
Why Don't We All Lighten Up?
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So the other day my sweetie called me out on a topic that has been on my
mind a lot since.
I tend to be a tease at times, and since gender identity is a t...
Farewell
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I have decided to make this my final post.
Thank you to all my friends who gave me encouraging advice in comments on
my previous post. I have decided, thou...
Savant: Aspergers and 47,XXY
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I cannot write this, it hits the page with all the narcissism dripping with
sarcasm someone truly angry with the world for this ... colossal bit of
grand s...
LOLZ! (just having fun, y'all)
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I'm so bad sometimes. I write things knowing that I'm just picking at
scabs. It's funny reading some of the comments on other blogs from people
afraid to c...
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It’s been a busy few weeks here at Gender Reality as along with moving the
blog to it’s new home. Beside the move, we’ve also been examining the focus
of G...
*smack*
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The annoyance started a few weeks ago, when I was playing in the pool with my kids. I was way too tired way too fast. It continued last week when it was a ch...
surgery
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Juliet Jacques has written up her experience of Sex Reassignment Surgery at
Charing Cross, in the Guardian. Which got me remembering my own experience,
whi...
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