This article is an edited extract from my upcoming auto-biography  “My Knight’s Quest” The TransFormal weekends I organised in Katoomba for nine years were undoubtedly a highlight of my life; the pinnacle of my work as an organizer for the Read more…

The often controversial guidance on “Healthcare of the Transgender Patient” by Dr. William Powers has triggered a lot of discussion. In his presentation Dr Powers does touch on many areas of care that don’t receive much discussion. This is a Read more…

(This article was posted in TgR forums originally in 2012) I watch the mixed reception that others either receive in society or more often fear they will receive. Whilst I don’t present in a gender ambiguous way at work (or Read more…

For the last 10 years or so I’ve been trying to arrest the gradual physical decline associated with aging by working out a couple of times at my local gym. This isn’t the sort of fitness centre where the boys Read more…

Sometimes our winding journey through life takes us in unexpected directions. A few years back I would never have thought that one day I’d be writing about travelling overseas as a girl. Back then the idea of hopping onto an Read more…

My friend Emma recently posted in the TgR forums an observation about the transient nature of the transgender lifestyle. So are we the last of the Trannies? I suspect so. I suspect we will go the same way as the Read more…

A friend lent me this book to read over the New Year, Sex Science Self by Bob Ostertag A Social History of Estrogen, Testosterone and Identity I will confess to coming to this book with somewhat conventional views on Sex Read more…

Goodbye to the event? For many years the TgR website has carried a list of events being organised for the transgender community. Occasionally I review the list and purge a few old entries but recently there is rarely anything new Read more…

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…