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."

03 December 2014

Nothing On Top

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When I was "cross-dressing"--which is to say, when I was dressing for the gender of my mind and spirit, the one in which I now li...
02 December 2014

So Funny I Forgot To Laugh

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01 December 2014

But It's Not A Same Sex Marriage....

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"Gay lovebirds Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza on Saturday when they spiced their festive season with an engagement ceremony (...
30 November 2014

What Was That About Bathrooms?

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As I've mentioned in other posts--as well as a piece I wrote in The Huffington Post -- it seems that every time a city, state, country ...
29 November 2014

Post #1500. Thank You For Reading

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Today this blog reaches another milestone:  Post #1500.   When I started this blog, a year before my surgery, I had no idea of how many p...
28 November 2014

FDA Panel To Discuss Lifting Ban On Blood Donations

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One interesting irony in my transition came about two years into it.  There was a blood drive in the college in which I was teaching at the...
27 November 2014

A Rainbow Hand Turkey?

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If you grew up in the US, you probably made " hand turkeys " for Thanksgiving.  If you still make them, don't worry:  I'l...
26 November 2014

On Immigration, Obama Helps Everyone But Us

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We've all heard that "politics make strange bedfellows." Well, even with that in mind, it's really strange to see the...
25 November 2014

Aggravated Homophobia

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Even by the standards of a region not known for its hospitability to LGBT people, Gambia stands out for its official homophobia. Las...
24 November 2014

A Female Cop Who Started To Live As A Man

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Even though it's right in the middle--the capital, no less--of one of the most Republican states in the US, Austin is often described a...
23 November 2014

Buried In The Wrong Gender

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Ask any transgender person what his or her greatest fears are in this life, and you will probably hear about being slandered, harrassed, be...
22 November 2014

The Worst US Cities for LGBT Rights

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I normally don't praise much about USA Today.  But they have an interesting article in today's edition in which they show how, alth...
21 November 2014

What We Fear

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From UNAIDS
20 November 2014

Transgender Day Of Remembrance 2014

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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. If you've been following this blog for some time, you know that I commemorate this day every...
19 November 2014

LGBT Rights Around The World

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18 November 2014

R.I.P. Leslie Feinberg

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Sad news:   Leslie Feinberg has died. Of course, she is best known as the author of Stone Butch Blues, the first coming-of-age story abo...
17 November 2014

The Transsexual Person In Your Life

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Even though in some circles, people have become more accepting of--or, at least, more willing to accept-- trans people, parents, siblings, ...
16 November 2014

An Australian Judge Gets It

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In Australia, a child who wishes to undergo the second stage of gender transition--which involves, among other things, taking hormones--has...
15 November 2014

A Towering Napoleon

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For me, this was lunch the other day. The menu at the Olympic Flame Diner called it "Eggplant Napoleon", one of the day's ...
14 November 2014

Prescription Insurance Blues

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My current employer recently changed the way it funds its employee health insurance policies--and its prescription plan. I haven't be...
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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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