Transwoman Times


From Justine Valinotti: the life of a transwoman.

I began this blog on 7 July 2008 to recount some of my thoughts, feelings and actions, as well as medical events, of the year leading up to my GRS/SRS.

On 7 July 2009, Dr. Marci Bowers very successfully performed my surgery.

In the early days of my recovery, I decided to continue this blog to describe what I experience and learn as I begin to live as a "new woman."

12 December 2008

Space Entitlement

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I still recall the first time a man tried to give me his seat on the subway. And I refused. I would learn that it was a dead-giveaway (as if...
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11 December 2008

Quand Sera-ce Fini?

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Nothing let up today. The rain, for one thing. But also the incessant demands, some of them rational, others capricious, imperious and pueri...
10 December 2008

In Another Year

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Tonight I met with one of my classes for the last time. Some of them might remember the class, or remember me, in another year. In another y...
09 December 2008

School Sucks

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Another crazy, busy Tuesday after an all-nighter at the college. Lately it seems that my every waking hour is spent at the college, or doin...
08 December 2008

What Did They Notice?

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Someone must have noticed. How could they not? We were sitting around a table in a conference room, and I was at one end. And what was I doi...
07 December 2008

Seven Months to the 7th

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Seven months from today....Seven months....Seven months... The countdown continues. I can't believe it's been five months since I st...
06 December 2008

The Bears

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For the last couple of months, it seems that everyone's been talking about the economy. It's not just public figures, either: It see...
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05 December 2008

The Doctors

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Another trip to the doctor's today. It seems that everywhere I go, I'm around doctors. Of course, today I went to a "real...
04 December 2008

The Cold: Opening

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I know the weather has been growing colder; that is the way at this time of year. But I cannot ever recall feeling cold, so much of the time...
01 December 2008

Turning and Heading Straight for Womanhood

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Another night at the college. Another weekend gone; another Thanksgiving passed. And another season is just about gone. We've had some p...
30 November 2008

Cats in the November Rain

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This November's ending with rain, again. It hasn't stopped all day, but it didn't show any signs of turning into a torrent. An...
29 November 2008

Another Weekend Passing

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This weekend's gone by so quickly. In almost no way did the days go as I'd intended. No cycling, no time with friends, didn't g...
28 November 2008

Changing, Again

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Today I slept late, went into two stores and, after deciding that I had better things to do than wait on the line in either one, went home. ...
27 November 2008

Thanksgiving

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So...This is my last Thanksgiving before the surgery. That I am looking forward to it is, in itself, a major reason to be thankful. And e...
25 November 2008

November Rain

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A few days of rain in late November, it seems, will not stop, will never end. Today it's not falling as relentlessly as it pummeled the ...
24 November 2008

Transgender Remembrance Day

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Last night I went with Dominick to a Transgender Remembrance Day service on Long Island. Someone he calls "Dad" was one of the gue...
22 November 2008

Another Fall, Again?

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Another cold, blustery day. Most of the trees are bare now; the remaining leaves swirl and rustle, echoing the last flickering of a flame. A...
21 November 2008

Sleep and Darkness and Cold

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It's been one of those days during which the cold goes straight for your bones. Of course, there have been much colder days than today--...
19 November 2008

A New Rhythm: Blame It On The Moon--Or Hormones?

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Another night at the college. Yes, I am out of my mind. What can I tell ya? So will tomorrow be like Tuesday, which also followed a night of...
18 November 2008

Flurry and Fall; Weird or Queer?

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This morning, I arrived at my 8:00 am class early. It was almost impossible not to, as the class was two doors away from my office, where I...
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Here I've come.

A journey that neither I nor anyone else could have foreseen has brought me here today.

You can follow this journey on my blogs: "Mid-Life Cycling" and "Transwoman Times." I am also serializing a book on another blog, "Memories and Those Who Stayed."
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