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."

15 December 2009

The Telly's Got Reception. What Do I Do Now?

Now I've got a bit of a dilemma. Six months ago, I stopped watching TV. On the day that all broadcasting switched from analog to digita...

14 December 2009

Wrinkles and Folds

Today I noticed every line in my face, and every ounce of flab on my body. Maybe it's because I'm tired. Or maybe I am old and fat...

13 December 2009

Crafting From Empathy and Inevitability: James Wright

Today is James Wright's birthday. It's somehow appropriate, almost cosmically so, that he was born as winter was descending on the ...

12 December 2009

Passing Jewish

Late this afternoon, I took a walk that extended to well after dark. That's not hard to do at this time of year, just a few days before...

11 December 2009

Into--Or From--The Cold

The past couple of days have been windy. Yesterday, before I went to work, I heard the clatter of something brittle toppling and breaking. ...

10 December 2009

The War President And His Peace Prize

So we have a President who, in accepting a Nobel Peace Prize, talks about a "just war" that just happens to be the one to which he...

09 December 2009

Si Questo Un'Uomo...If This Is A Man, I Understand

A comic--I forget which one--said that he made people laugh to make himself laugh, and that both he and they needed it because he and they w...

08 December 2009

Fine But Tired

The papers are piling up. The days are getting shorter. And the weather forecast is for combinations of rain, sleet and snow until ntil tom...

07 December 2009

Five Months Passed; What They Don't Know About My Past

Five months already! That's how long it's been since my surgery. I haven't had a chance to meet my new neighbors yet. Some of...

06 December 2009

A Bridge And A Gate At The End Of The Day

After yesterday's rain and driving wind, the cold, crisp, clear air felt good. Late this afternoon, I walked to Astoria Park, where the ...

05 December 2009

Hallucinatory Fatigue

Now I'm at the point of unpacking things just to unpack them, and moving my bed and dresser just so I can use them. Things look fairly h...

04 December 2009

Resting After The Last Seven Years, And For The Next Seven

Today was a slow day for me. I slept late and got not much done besides my laundry. The state of my unpacking is exactly where it was at the...

03 December 2009

Mike Penner and Christine Daniels

Last night, I checked out Eva-Genevieve's blog and was shocked to find her post that linked an article about Mike Penner's apparen...

02 December 2009

What Do They Know?

Now it's coming on the end of the semester. The stress is building, as it normally does at this time of year. I'm still unpacking a...

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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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