introspective

Coming Out During Christmas Dinner?!

December 20, 2010

The end of the year is my favorite time — my birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve in a two month span. To quote Seth McFarlane, “I am a family guy” and spending time making memories is priceless. Unfortunately, my lifestyle has isolated these events as some of the only opportunities I have to [...]

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Friends In High Places

December 6, 2010

Through the awesomeness of the internet I have been able to make some great friends and for that I am very grateful. Most of these people fall somewhere under the TG umbrella which is amazing because for the first time I have a group of people that I can turn to who are going or [...]

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My Advice Does Not Come From a Pedestal

December 5, 2010

Along with personal journal entries, mainstream articles and my videos I, from time to time, attempt to share whatever wisdom that I have acquired thus far in life. It sometimes comes in the form of advice and other times as a caution. I was doing some pondering about all this recently and it struck me [...]

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Knowing What You Want To Do

August 9, 2010

Forgive me today as this post is going slightly off topic, trending more toward my personal life. In the last few days, I have had been presented with the opportunity to step back and really think about what I want to do with my life professionally. At one time I thought I had it all [...]

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The End of a Transgender Blog?

August 2, 2010

For as popular as they now are, weblogs are a fairly new cultural phenomenon. In the earliest days of consumer-accessible internet, websites were either static blocks of text and images or discussion forums. Weblogs surfaced as the need for individual expression and community arose on the web. I don’t know what the first transgender / [...]

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A Silver Bullet for Crossdressing Acceptance?

July 19, 2010

Gaining the acceptance of our loved ones is one of the biggest issues that we in the T community face, mainly because those around us know us the best and hold us to their own standards. If we’re fortunate, we find solace and comfort in knowing that our significant others tolerate our behavior. Is there [...]

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Is Your “Drab” Fab?

June 1, 2010

Two weeks ago, we explored the topic of feeling extra pressure to dress nicely together. You left some amazing comments that ran the full spectrum from always looking very nice to wanting to blend in with everyday women. Some of you mentioned that you don’t take your femininity for granted and as such make every [...]

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