It’s been a year since I’ve fixed my first name change, to live with the name I’ve always wanted to be known as.
Category: LGBTQ+
It’s often hard bring straight and trans when “LGBTQ+” usually gears towards cisgender, same-sex issues. While I’m post-op, my rights as a man won’t ever be denied (in theory)—but the threat to marriage equality is ever present and real.
In the ’00s, I’ve identified as a lesbian; since 2011 I’ve identified somewhere within the trans community. My name change is legal; my medical transition complete; I am legally and as medically possible male. Even though I am attracted to women, my relationships will always be somehow “queer”.
It took half my lifetime to get a college diploma reflecting the name that should have always been mine.
Is there a place for the term “Latinx”?
How am I doing after 10 days since switching from injections to topical creams?
Going from a fortnightly regimen to a daily application.
The growing variation of the LGBTQ acronym worries many within the community.
“My Administration is taking historic actions to finally deliver full equality for LGBTQ+ families.”
Not pride as in hubris, but pride as in self-acceptance.
Drunk memories when I tried to transition and a friend disapproved.
