pregnant man in the UK

a gay male ftm couple in the UK are having a baby. well, one of them is.

scott moore is scheduled to give birth to a baby boy in february. congrats to the couple!

needle anxiety? this might help.

here is a video from FtmShifty with a recommendation for a product called STOPAIN. he said it's helped several guys with their needle anxiety. i might give this stuff a try the next time i see it at walgreens.

you can view the video here, as he has disabled embedding.

happy with myself & comfortable in my body (finally).

obviously since moving to california a little over a year ago in november of 2008, i really have come into my own and feel far better about my body and rarely suffer from lower dysphoria anymore. here is a collection of several videos i filmed throughout the year talking about being happy with myself and finally being comfortable with my body. the first video is the most recent one, posted to day, while it ends with a video taken in late march, just months after permanently settling here in january of 2009.









it's amazing how far i've come since say, this moment more than three years ago, when i saw my chest for the first time.

snipncody: trans publicity concerns

snipncody (shaun) did an excellent video on being bombarded with questions about his trans status, having to reaffirm his identity, being a constant educator, and assumptions people make about trans people and his frustration with it.

here is shaun's original video:



here is my response:

the penis series: the three-day hard on

growing a penis has been awesome, first and foremost. but hard-ons can come at the most inconvenient times and last longer than you want them to!

featured FTM: dhillon khosla

here is a wonderful interview with FTM attorney dhillon khosla. dillon is an articulate, intelligent guy, and a personal role model mine. the clip is from ABC'S The View and is a few years old.

charlesashertv: the siamese skittle

welcome to the much-anticipated first episide of CharlesAsherTV! these are random improvisational skits that we come up with on the fly; there is no "script" we follow and we don't plan them. i simply turn on the camera, and that is the only prep dean gets.

RIP, max.

Dr. Maxwell Scott Anderson
August 26, 1956 - January 14, 2010

new & noteworthy

new & noteworthy

here is the next (second) installment in the "new & noteworth FTMs" series. meet oakleigh. he's a 17 year old junior in high school and a musician just starting his transition journey.

identity integration: was i ever my old self?

new & noteworthy

every so often i will feature FTMs that are new on the youtube scene, but are definitely worth checking out. the first guy is tommy and hails from the UK.

the holidays