The Danish Girl is billed as a true love story, which may be good marketing as the cinema was nearly full when I saw the film. But it would be more accurate to say that the plot is loosely based Read more…
On a couple of occasions well meaning acquaintances have let me know that I should “work on my voice”. Although I try to avoid shouting (hard in a noisy club) I’ve been reluctant to talk in what I see as Read more…
My thoughts for this post came from a paper written by Dr Brian Knutson, professor of neuroscience and psychology at Stanford University. http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~knutson/ans/ansch12.pdf In the paper Brian Knutson proposes a biochemical basis behind sexuality and gender. It’s a hard read Read more…
I’ve tried to put acceptance into some sort of context because it isn’t very well understood. The better we understand it the more chance there is of some positive outcomes for the Trans community. This post illustrates how the attitudes Read more…
Breasts are perceived in our society as a symbol of femininity, a determinant of fashion, and a measure of beauty. So in the transgender community it is unusual to find someone expressing themselves in a feminine way without the shape Read more…
n the New York Times Sheela-Marie Padgett says: “I do feel like sometimes I have to be more feminine than anyone else,” said Ms. Padgett, the onetime New York City Ballet dancer. “There have been so many times when I’ve Read more…
Without wishing to curtail the fun we can have taking ‘tests’ to demonstrate we have a transgender brain – the serious question remains “Is there such a thing as a female or male brain”. Brain sex is a lovely concept Read more…
A TRANSGENDER woman encouraged to have a £10,000 ($19,000) sex change by Katie Price wants to become a man again — because it’s “exhausting” being a woman. Chelsea Attonley, who was born a boy called Matthew, said she is tired Read more…
I was revisiting some old bookmarks today and came across again the web pages by Lynn Conway titled “Basic TG/TS/IS Information” http://www.lynnconway.com/ I’m not sure how much these articles have been updated since they were written, nor how much they Read more…
We all know how hard it is to talk about our gender identity to others. Often the words we have to express our feelings are inadequate, ambiguous, or misinterpreted. So we can talk but others don’t get the same message. Read more…