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."

04 June 2010

The Layers of Passing

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A sunny morning turned into a hot, muggy afternoon and evening. I hope we don't have weeks of this kind of weather.   Early in my trans...
02 June 2010

My New Blog

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Today I started something new. No, I didn't meet the love of my life or establish a business.  I also didn't undertake a constructi...
01 June 2010

The First Day of Summer (Session)

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Tonight I met my Summer Session students for the first time.  One of them took a class with me during the regular semester, then dropped it....
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31 May 2010

Ex Cathedra From The Queen of Corona

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Here is one of my "dream trips":  I would go to Paris in August.  And there would be no tourists there.   Barbara, Sue and I ex...
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30 May 2010

Companions on Longtime Journeys

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Today I did a brief bike ride along the industrial waterfront of Long Island City and Greenpoint and through back streets almost devoid of v...
29 May 2010

The Dirt On Their Phobias

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One of the wonderful and crazy things about the Internet is that you can find almost anything and everything on it.  You never know what lie...
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28 May 2010

Passages

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I didn't go to commencement after all.  I wasn't feeling welll when I woke up today.  It wasn't dread or anxiety:  It was an ac...
27 May 2010

What Did We, And Will They, Graduate Into?

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As you may have noticed, I haven't had a whole lot to tell over the past few days.  I haven't had much of a life outside of work:  I...
26 May 2010

Memorial Heat

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Today was one of those very hot days that, in some years, comes at this time of year:  at or near Memorial Day. When it's this hot earl...
24 May 2010

The Homestretch, If Not a Homecoming

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Now it's the last week of the semester. Two of my classes had their final exams; one more will have theirs tomorrow.  And now I have a ...
23 May 2010

A Little Less Than Half An Hour Forward

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Today I got on my Mercian fixed-gear bike for a little less than half an hour. I got one of the saddles the doctor recommended.  I know I...
22 May 2010

One Wait Ends; I Extend Another

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I went back to Dr. Ronica yesterday. Would she allow me to get back on my bike?  I'm going to make you wait until the end of this post...
20 May 2010

Bikeless Blues

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Today was one of  those drop-dead gorgeous days when I wanted to be on my bike.  Tomorrow I go to the gynecologist again.  Please, Dr. Ronic...
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18 May 2010

Georgia On My Mind in The Salt Mines

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"Another day in the salt mines."  That is what one prof says every time we are about to begin a workday.  He said that today, too,...
17 May 2010

The End of the Semester: From the Shy Young Man to Dr. Klein

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It's the time in the semester when students who haven't done their work all semester try to do it all.  And, most of the time, what ...
16 May 2010

Getting Out: Anonymity In Chelsea

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Another gorgeous spring day when I couldn't ride and all I could do was read a bunch of papers.  So what's a girl to do? Well, be...
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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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