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."

09 November 2009

From Wholeness to "Juvie"

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Very few things in my life have felt better than getting on my bikes this weekend. I was talking with Charlie, the owner of Bicycle Habitat...
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08 November 2009

Riding With "The Girls"

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The temperature rose to nearly 70 F today. And it was one of those days that ended with the autumn sun burnishing the horizon with an oran...
07 November 2009

My First Bike Ride

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Today I took my first bike ride. My first bike ride since my surgery, that is. Four months to the day after my surgery, to be precise. Beca...
06 November 2009

More Games

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Yesterday I experienced the first real case of rage I've had since my operation. When I got to the college, I couldn't look at or t...
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04 November 2009

The Games Are On

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Turns out that the coordinator is everything I said she is in my last post. And she's a backstabber on top of that. Today I got a tongu...
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02 November 2009

Have the Games Begun?

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Today I saw my evaluation report. It was good, though it could have been better. In a way, though, I'm not upset: I'm doing the b...
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01 November 2009

All Saints' Day

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Today is All Saints' Day. I guess they're not celebrating me. Oh well. When I was in Catholic school, we used to get this day off. ...
31 October 2009

Wearing The Mask

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My first Halloween as a woman and what did I do? I went in drag. All right. I know that joke's getting old, and I promise never to use...
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30 October 2009

You Can't Get An Education From Anyone You Don't Trust Or Who Doesn't Trust You

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I am thinking again about yesterday. Perhaps that's not a productive thing to do, but I'm prone to that sometimes. Anyway...I find ...
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29 October 2009

Another Graduation

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Today I had what will be my last appointment with Dr. Jennifer, at least for a while. She confirmed what I've suspected: Psedomona is ...
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28 October 2009

The Hate Crimes Law

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I'm supposed to be happy that Obama signed the so-called " Hate Crimes Bill " into law today. And I guess I'm supposed to ...
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27 October 2009

Our Mothers, Their Daughters

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Today I talked with Marilynne. She may be the first friend I've made in my "new" life. Her daughter underwent the surgery on...
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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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