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."

29 April 2010

Waiting

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A little bit later, I get to repeat the day before my surgery .  No, I'm not in Trinidad; I'm surrounded by all the charms that Jama...
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27 April 2010

A Little Repression Is Good--For Whom?

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It rained heavily when I left for work this morning.  That didn't delay me, but it seemed to be the reason some of my students were late...
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26 April 2010

Fewer Degrees Than I Thought

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How many degrees of separation are there? And, how close can you come with an offhand comment? Well, today I may have a better idea of...
25 April 2010

A Post-Mortem for Amanda--and Gwen and Yusuf

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I'm still thinking about Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar , and the vigil I attended for her. You might say I'm feeling a bit of survivo...
24 April 2010

From Protest To Empathy: St. Vincent's Hospital and Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar

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Today I participated in the rally for St.Vincent's Hospital and the vigil for Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar .  As I expected, they presented ...
23 April 2010

Another Fine Spring Day

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Just did some cleaning up and I'm feeling sleepy again.  And Charlie and Max are curled up by my sides. I pedalled the Raleigh three-...
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22 April 2010

Rally for St. Vincent's, Vigil for Amanda. Where Do You Stand?

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Is this when I turn into an activist? What's a girl to do? On Saturday at 1: 00 pm, there will be a rally for St. Vincent'...
20 April 2010

Early Spring Morning

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Today I rode to work in vibrant but not overly bright sunlight and a light but very cool breeze.  It's the sort of day on which you can ...
19 April 2010

William Anderson: The Defense Is Not Resting

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William Anderson , I have discovered, is a sort of soul mate.  No, he's not my new beau:  For starters, he's hundreds of miles away ...
18 April 2010

Goodbye To All That? To What?

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At this time last year, I was less than three months away from my surgery.  As you might expect, I was, in some ways, saying "good-bye...
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17 April 2010

Learning The Laws Of Their Languages

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Today I did something I normally try not to do:  I went to the post office on a Saturday.  The line was about as long as I expected it to be...
16 April 2010

When Was The Past?

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I must admit:  Today I didn't do much besides my laundry and cleaning.  It seems that I spend more and more of my days off recovering fr...
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15 April 2010

Riding Home

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I rode to work again today.  I must be regaining my form, or  something, because men were slowing down their cars as they passed me.  Three ...
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It's Not Because You're A ....

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I didn't ride my bike yesterday:  I didn't have enough time to get to the doctor after finishing work.  The sad thing is that I almo...
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13 April 2010

Two In a Row, Nine Months Later.

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Today I did something I haven't done since June:  I rode my bike to work for the second consecutive day. When I was parking my bike, ...
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11 April 2010

How Many Degrees of Separation?

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Today I went for a ride with Barbara and Sue, my sometime riding buddies.  I first started riding with them during my second year of living ...
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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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