Tag Archives: Self
Shapeshifting for beginners – my first three weeks on T
Three weeks ago today I had 1000mg 1M of Nebido, a slow-release formulation of testosterone, injected into the top of my right gluteous maximus muscle in my bum. My girlfriend held my hand, and as I felt the sharp prick of … Continue reading
Fire in my head
What is happening to me now feels like a rebirth. I am on the cusp quite literally of beginning my physical somatic transition. Each and every cell in my body will feel the surge of a hormone familiar from childhood … Continue reading
Easter musings from an ex-martyr transman
Three years ago at Easter I was still in shock after my partner left me. It was a beautiful sunny Easter and as I was slap bang in the middle of my counselling diploma course. I was writing, drawing, painting … Continue reading
What Happens When You Find the One…And He’s Nothing—Nothing—Like You Expected?
Allison Cooper and home with her fiance After years of relationships that never seemed to fit, Allison Cooper finally met her match. And he was nothing—nothing—like she’d imagined. The whole article was published in the Oprah Magazine, 18 March 2010. You … Continue reading
Sunny side up is how I want my stress please…
It’s hard to be cheerful all the time, with a genuine sunny smile. Some days I really don’t feel like that at all and I shrivel and curl up inside with my jaw grinding as methodically as I breathe. But … Continue reading
I can see myself scoring a goal in this game now!
This has been yet another rollercoaster week for me and, indeed, for some of the people around me too! I have now found out quite how long I am going to have to wait now for my first appointment with … Continue reading
Stubborn Dogs
This my story of how it feels to be discovering what is intrinsically my sense of self again, having lost it somewhere down the side of the sofa I’ve been slumped out on for most of the last three months, flopped down on … Continue reading
Stubborn Dogs 