Five Years on Testosterone [2005-2010]

Trans/Queer Visibility

Here is a great video from Danny (aka dannyrideshorses) dealing with visibility as a queer person. She is the partner of a heterosexually-identified transman and struggles with wanting to be seen as bisexual or queer while honoring her boyfriend's straight identity.

Being visibly queer is something I struggle with as well as I am in a relationship with a cisgender heterosexual woman, and socially, we are obviously read 100% of the time as a heterosexual couple.

Most of the time this is just fine with me, but sometimes I want it to be known that I am trans, or that I am not your typical mainstream dude, and I want my struggle to be honored and recognized.

Thorn in Your Side [trans march documentary]

Check out this cool gender-bending documentary exploring the San Francisco Trans March featuring Namoli Brennet's song "Thorn in Your Side."

Testosterone: Five Year Voice Comparison.

Testosterone start date: November 30, 2005.
Pre-testosterone photo: July 31, 2005. (21st birthday)

Current voice recording & photo: November 1, 2010.

New & Noteworthy: JustJehryn.

Meet Jehryn, (aka JustJehryn). He's 20, lives in Phoenix, is a graphic designer, is pre transition, and new to the tube.

Family, Weddings, and Other Awkward Social Situations.

In this video Charlie (aka localterror on the tube) recounts a story of going to a wedding recently and the awkward situations that entails. I'm sure we can all have a similar "awkward social experience" we can relate to.

Ignorant Questions & Comments about Being FTM.

Meet Joe, aka JoeLikesHisBro on the tube. He is 15 and from The Netherlands.

In this video Joe talks about the ignorant questions and comments all FTMs (and trans people in general) have to endure on sometimes a daily basis.

Some of the things I get asked most often are:

1. Do you have a penis or a vagina?
2. Have you had the surgery?
3. How does your family feel about your transition? Do they accept you?

All of the aforementioned questions are of a sensitive nature and not ones that are appropriate to bring up in most social settings, especially one in which two people have just met. I would never ask someone about their genitals or their family life the first time I met them. Or ever.

It is exasperating that when a non trans person meets a trans person they immediately start asking questions that are inappropriate and would not be asked in the first place had the person they had just become acquainted not had a transgender history.