thebutchelor

an update…

I’ve seriously neglected this blog (and its followers), and for that I sincerely apologize. Lately, I’ve considered archiving this particular blog/URL and migrating over to Tumblr to continue documenting transition/trans* related stuff… (eh, to be determined). At any rate, there’s a LOT of updating I’ve wanted to do over the last several months, but to [...]

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Daily Coolness: NYT + “Answers About Transgender Issues”

Big thanks to Mel over at Decidedly Obscure Human Complaints for the heads-up on this amazing NYT article. From Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth’s NYT bio: This week Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth, who is working on “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves,” a resource guide for transgender and other gender-variant people, covering health, legal issues, cultural and social questions, history [...]

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Personal: I wish…

Sometimes I wish I’d just been born male… or female – or “straight”… non-queer… WHATEVER. As long as it was at least, like, 90% “something” and without question. Of course, then I remind myself that SURELY there’s a reason that *this* is my journey. That this fucked-up mess of gender and sexuality is all part of [...]

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Personal: “Letting Go of ‘Butch’”

You know, I really want to document/vent/discuss my experience from the other night, but I’m still struggling with the writing process for whatever reason… It’s like all of my thoughts are stuck inside my head, and I either end up rambling or can’t quite figure out what I want to say or how I feel… [...]

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Personal: *sigh*

I want to apologize for the lack of content the last few… um, weeks… dammit – months. I promise I’ll try not to go *that* long again. I really DO appreciate the small group of readers that I was beginning to see returning (and subscribing), and I don’t want to let you (or myself!) down. [...]

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Personal: Gender and Sexuality and Definitions, oh MY!

So, I’m having a confident day today… for whatever reason, I feel like I understand where I’m going. It doesn’t matter to me (today) what other people think or how they perceive me or my transition. Today… it’s all about me. I don’t feel the need to explain myself or define my gender. It’s amazing [...]

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Personal: Fear and doubt

A few weeks ago, I met a handful of guys from a local FTM group to see a movie, and it was the first time ever that I was referred to using male pronouns. It was weird and exciting and… really kind of AMAZING. They also called me by my chosen male name, and for [...]

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Personal: Regarding Transition

I just started the process of coming out as trans… Ha. I’m still not even sure what that means, for me, exactly. I’ve never been happy as a girl. I mean, I finally, eventually found a place that works (kind of) – living as a butch lesbian. I made it work. I’ve evolved into this [...]

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Hello world!

I was going to delete the cheeseball default heading that was suggested by WordPress, but I decided to go ahead and keep it  Anyway… Hello world! Indeed. I’m really not quite sure what this space is going to be. For now, I think I’ll just write and let’s see what happens. I’m sure it will [...]

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