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."

25 October 2009

Why I'm Not Celebrating The "Hate Crimes Bill"

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It seems that nearly everyone--at least everyone I know--in the LGBT community has been celebrating the inclusion of language that includes...

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24 October 2009

How I Became Bourgeois In The Storm

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Today I took one of the strangest walks I've ever had. It wasn't particularly long, distance-wise--at least, not in the scheme of w...

23 October 2009

A Power Outage, DWB and Panic

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So there was a power outage, or something, in Blogland last night. I couldn't sign on to this blog, much less post a new entry. I know...

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21 October 2009

Whose Stories?

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Have you ever realized that you were trying to live out someone else's story? Or, have you ever doubted your own because it wasn't ...

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20 October 2009

A Tranny Theory of Relativity

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Today ended in another one of those beautiful autumn sunsets, like the one I saw yesterday. The difference was that I saw it on my way to wo...

19 October 2009

An October Sunset: Brick by Brick, Stone by Stone

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So we had a dreary, chilly weekend. And what did we get on Monday? A beautiful, if chilly fall day that ended in one of those perfect Octo...

18 October 2009

Jack Price and College Point

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Had I known about yesterday's march, I might've gone over to College Point and joined all of those people who were showing their so...

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17 October 2009

A Nor'easter and the Force of Personality

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Well, the Nor'easter didn't blow through until a couple of hours ago. But the day was chilly and gray nonetheless. I've ridden...

16 October 2009

Pseudomona and the Old Gang

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Today I went to see Dr. Jennifer. It looks like I'm going to be off my bike for another couple of weeks. The ray of sunshine--if you...

15 October 2009

Fission

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"Gunnar Berg" didn't wish me me good luck. Instead, he advised me to be strong. I am happy for that: It's a lot more sati...

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14 October 2009

Home

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Every year, the department in which I teach holds an "open house." In it, refreshments are served (the biggest draw of all--but d...

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About Me

Justine Valinotti: 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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