09 July 2009

After The Surgery: One Small Step for a Woman

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So here's my first post as a woman--at least, as most people's definition of a woman. Today I got out of bed for the first time si...
06 July 2009

The Last Day

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It looks like I'm leaving the male race--and living between two genders-- with a bang and diarrhea. I hadn't planned on either. Fi...
05 July 2009

Today I Arrived in Trinidad

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Today I arrived in Trinidad. I walked down Main Street, part of which was part of the Santa Fe Trail. Between the gingerbread houses and Vi...
04 July 2009

Strangers At 33,000 Feet; Where Friends Are

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Today, on Flight 745 from La Guardia to Denver International, I wrote the following in the notebook I keep in my purse: Today I am on a plan...

Pike's Peak Behind The Clouds

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"If thtose clouds would get out of the way, you could see Pike's Peak." So said the cab driver who brought me to the hotel in ...
03 July 2009

Packing: Mandatory Minimalism

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Some writer once sent another writer a very long letter he ended by apologizing for the length. "I didn't have time to shorten it,...
02 July 2009

Fatigue

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Now the fun begins. Five more days until surgery, and I keep on wondering whether I'm forgetting something. I don't mean as in stu...
01 July 2009

The Last Time; What's Next?

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Today I had lunch with Bruce. It is most likely the last time I will see him before my surgery. One might see it as a "good-bye"...
30 June 2009

Leslie Mora and Jackson Heights

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As much as my life as a woman has brought me so much more joy than living as a man ever did, I realize there is a risk of violence that I ne...
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One Week To Go

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Exactly one week from today, I will be undergoing my gender reassignment surgery. In four days, on my birthday, I will go to Colorado, wher...
29 June 2009

More About What I Can And Can't Blame On The Hormones

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S logged through this day. Had a headache that started yesterday. The doctor says it's probably due to the reduction in my hormone dos...
28 June 2009

Pride

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Here is an e-mail I've just sent to Sonia: Howzya doin? Looks like we have something in common...We're both getting ready to leave o...
27 June 2009

No Gesture is Necessary, Only a Message

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Now it's one week until I leave for Colorado; ten days till my surgery. Talk about "blink-of-an-eye" time frames! I am thinki...
26 June 2009

Hallucination? Blame the hormones!

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One more week and one more day till I get on the plane to go to Colorado...and go mountain biking and snowboarding! ;-) It seems to have rai...
25 June 2009

A Scandal and Two Tragedies

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OK...Today we have two tragedies and one scandal to choose from. First, the scandal: Mark Sanford, the Governor of South Carolina, disappe...