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 January 2012

Portrait Of The Feline As A Real Man

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Here's a picture of a Real Man: He's not afraid to go into a lady's boudoir.  You know how some guys get that look on t...
23 January 2012

To The Santorums

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Last week, Annette Gross's " Open Letter to Karen Santorum " appeared on The Bilerico Project. I've provided a link to ...
22 January 2012

South Carolina Yesterday; Ecuador Tomorrow?

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Media pundits have parsed Newt Gingrich's primary victory in South Carolina last night in a number of ways.  Some think it's an indi...
21 January 2012

Sterilization In Sweden

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One day, one decade, one century, you're ahead of the curve.  Then the curve catches up with you.  If you're not careful, it becomes...
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20 January 2012

Why I Won't Marry A Gay Person

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Someone--I forget who--said, "If you're against gay marriage, don't marry a gay person." I couldn't have said it an...
19 January 2012

What To Do After Charlie?

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Max, the orange cat you see in the sidebar photo, doesn't seem to be pining for Charlie so much as he's becoming even more of a glut...
17 January 2012

The Same Struggle

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Toward the end of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. realized that even though laws against discrimination had been passed and that some peopl...
16 January 2012

Leaving MLK Spinning

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Today is Martin Luther King day.  Someone commented that his life and work weren't only about racial equality; rather, he stood for huma...
15 January 2012

Aftermath

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It's really true:  the guys are too hot and the girls are too cold.  And you can blame it on the hormones. My friend Lakythia and I h...
14 January 2012

Charlie R.I.P.

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I really wish I didn't have to say this:  Charlie died last night. No, I wasn't there when it happened.  However, I feel pret...
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13 January 2012

I Don't Want To Lose Him Yet

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I'm feeling a bit gloomy, to say the least.  The day started with rain and turned into one of those dreary winter afternoons smothered b...
11 January 2012

Boycotting Girl Scout Cookies--Or A Girl?

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Today is the Girl Scouts' 100th anniversary. To mark the occasion, a 14-year-old girl in California is calling for a boycott of Girl Sc...
10 January 2012

Why "Work It" Doesn't Work

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In "Think Progress," Alyssa Rosenberg wrote a very perceptive post about the new TV show Work It.  In her discussion of the negati...
08 January 2012

That's How I Am Now

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I was just like I am now.  The only difference is, I was a guy then. Sometimes I think that's what I'll answer if anyone else ask...
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31 December 2011

Happy New Year!

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I hope that the end of this year brings you fulfillment and that the coming year brings you hope, and that you will always find peace and ha...
23 December 2011

Another Holiday--With Rest and Relaxation, I Hope

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At Mom and Dad's again, for Christmas.  This year, I'm not staying until the New Year, as I did when I came last Christmas.  But it ...
07 December 2011

Dow Down, Rape Up

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Some of my students at York College are social work majors.  Others work for City agencies, including the Department of Education and the Of...
05 December 2011

Alan Sues

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As you may have heard by now, Alan Sues has died.   Like many other people, I first learned of him from his performances on Rowan and Mar...
30 November 2011

To Continue or Renew--Or Leave?

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The Classical Transgender Narrative (Is that pretentious, or what?) says, among other things, that a transsexual is supposed to, not only fo...
27 November 2011

Another Voyage of Discovery

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I realize now that I've been cycling for so many years because it's always been a window of sorts.  Sometimes I see interesting th...
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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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