14
Jul
My first year on testosterone
One year ago today I injected my right leg with my first dose of testosterone. Swab leg, swab vial, pull
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Gender
23
Jun
Dear Mom, I am no longer your "daughter"
Dear Mom, before I sat down to write this, 42 years went by. Together, we braved a world confused by
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06
Apr
When gender and sex identity is up for discussion at Walgreens
I took a trip to my friendly neighborhood Walgreens tonight for a few necessities: antibacterial soap for my new tattoo, deodorant and a multipack of tampons. I took my goods to the cashier and enter my phone number in the hopes of saving some pennies on my purchase. Naturally, my name pops up on th
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20
Aug
A bit of gender action on Muni. Because why not?
I recently headed to SF's SOMA on Muni's T line to conduct an interview for an
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24
Jan
Probably not a good idea to get glared at by a skin head
To be fair, he very well could have been a wannabe skin head: blonde buzz cut, baby blue eyes, probably
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31
Mar
Girls, It's Okay To Wear Boys' Clothes! Hooray!
A
New York Observer
article recently declared, it seems, that the prevalence of women wearing men's clothing is
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27
Jul
Punctuation is Key
There is more lurking about the subways these days than bag-searching cops looking for terrorists. What is that? Pen-wielding taggers
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10
Jul
Anybody Know How to Get Glue Off Fingernails?
After a ridiculous swing-shift nap that got out of control last night into early this morning, I'm trying
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12
Jun
Cross-Cultural Gender
My former roommate, Cornelia, is about to head back to Germany for the summer. So last night she had a
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22
Oct
Cruised on Christopher
The only plan I had for the evening was to hang out with Kirsten. Dinner at Mexicana Mama in the
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