Birthday Boy Post! This past year has been so full of changes. Driving cross-country from Oregon to Vermont, moving into a house of three strangers,…
Autistic, Trans, Gay, What Else You Got?
Tag: trans-man
When you increase your testosterone back to its original dose.
When you receive your court order of name change, so you run off to the first place on your list to change your name legally:…
Me: “Other transmen keep saying how their appetites have increased drastically, but mine hasn’t changed, and I snack constantly anyway, so that’s not different.” *devours…
When it’s evident your voice is still higher in pitch on the phone due to repeated “she’s” in reference to you, and now two instances…
When your lower dose of T isn’t doing as much work as the previous higher doses, but it still shows up dutifully to do what…
When someone says your birth name, you perk up, realize they weren’t talking to you, and then chide yourself for still responding to that name.
When you feel official walking into the courthouse to hand in your name-change petition form.
When your voice is progressively getting lower, but your head is still more used to a higher pitch, so you catch yourself a few times…
When people call you by the name you’ve chosen, but it takes your brain a minute to register they’re talking to you.