Trans Issues

Awhile back, a sportreporter for the LA TImes, Mike Penner, transitioned and became Christine Daniels.  Then, something happened, never fully explained, and Christine "detransitioned" back to being Mike Penner. He continued to write for the Times.   Today, he was found de...

Okay.  I finally got these from the surgeon  - I passed my 3 month anniversary a couple of weeks ago, and they took the After shots at the appointment then.   Here you go:   Front view:   Half side view:   And the one that really got me... the Profile view   &nb...

Hi folks,   Just wanted to give you a little heads-up.   November 20, every year, is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.  It's the day dedicated to all the transgender folks who have been injured and died in the past because of their gender identity.  Personally, I've had a ve...

Really nice article today in the Washington Post   "Which Side Are You On?"   On where is the gender boundary?  Or is the boundary just in our heads?   Alice Dreger, a professor at Northwestern University,  "To me, it's no different than deciding where the ...

Helen Boyd posted today about this young person, and I looked up the local TV station's news report. It's about a high school student, a male, who was forced to drop out because he wears girl's clothes. His classmates are rising up in support of him.   You can see it here:   www.ws...

no, not the beverage..  ("hey, there's a beverage here!")   Okay, Southern Comfort Conference is one of the big annual transgender conferences in the US.  Atlanta.  Luckily, the floods were actually in a southern part of the city, and our conference was at a big hote...

This hot news just in: (Our local group, TGEA - www.tgea.net - will be supporting IFGE in the conference.) ----------------------- International Foundation for Gender Education 272 Carroll St. NW Washington, DC 20012   Contact: Andrea von Kaenel Email: Andrea@IFGE.org   For Public Relea...

So, work was the last place I showed up as Jude. I had been going to the bank, grocery stores, all over everywhere else ever since surgery (Aug 12), maybe a bit before, so, with work settled, I guess that makes me officially full time. The only hiccup was that the county circuit court lost…

I'm in the office for the first time since Aug 10 or so (before FFS). First day in the office as Jude. Security took a new picture, I now have a badge that says "Jude" instead of "Mike".  Smooth so far. Now I just need to concentrate on work!   And thank you to every...

Hi all.   Well, I seem to be healing pretty well, although I still get tired easily. I suppose I'm still healing and such.  So, here are some photos, from early on till today.  for those of you stumbling across this, "FFS" is facial femiization surgery, I'm a male-to...