[caption id="attachment_236" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo © 2007 by James Bowdoin[/caption] On May 3, 2013 I caught wind that Jennifer Finney Boylan had a new memoir coming out called Stuck in the Middle With You: Parenthood in Three Genders. This bit of news was exciting to me...
A few weeks ago I received in the mail a hard-copy of the 7th Edition of the WPATH Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People (WPATH stands for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, of which I am a...
Today’s blog post comes to you from North Carolina, where the wife and kids and I are visiting my in-laws. There’s going to be plenty of time in the pool, as well as a trip to an indoor water park that’s inside of a hotel. So...
“It’s a boy!” exclaimed the media today in response to the announcement of the birth of the Royal Baby (i.e. the first child of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge). I had the same response that I always do nowadays whenever I hear anyone...
This is the kick-off of a new segment of this blog, "This Trans Voice." Consider it a "guest blogger" opportunity for persons who are transgender who I've invited to share their story and insights with you. Our guest blogger today is Rachel S. You are in for...
A Note to the Reader: Matt Kailey, the subject of this post, sadly passed away unexpectedly in May 2014. You can read my tribute to him here. Matt Kailey's "Tranifesto" blog is one of the largest transgender education resources I have come across on the internet....
My wife Lauren and I were in a Best Buy the other day, since my step-daughter was anxious to spend birthday money on a new iPod. What transpired during that visit is something Lauren asked me to share with you. It's because of the lesson...
When deciding what to blog about today I asked myself, “What is it that most people ask me when they find out I’m a gender therapist?” Although the questions tend to be many and far-reaching, the one that comes up the most seems to be: “So how...
You may have noticed that at the bottom of several of my posts I have a Homework Assignment for my readers. These are intentionally meant to be challenging, in the hopes that they will increase your understanding of what it’s like to live in our society...
Even if you are normally not a follower of transgender issues in the media, this is one you probably haven't missed. It hit the stands today that the Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of Coy Mathis, a six-year-old transgender girl whose parents filed...