Guest Post by Danielle Badler I thought my process of transitioning ended with my Gender Affirmation Surgery in December. I was wrong. I don’t think it will ever end. And I don’t just mean mentally. That’s a given. Because, if you don’t stop growing and learning, you fall...
I decided to try something new this year and will be recording these "Musings of a Gender Therapist" videos from time to time. These will be different from the "Ask a Gender Therapist" videos, where I answer reader and viewer questions about transgender topics. These will be unedited, kind of...
Guest post by Mitch Cigoy, M.A. CCC-SLP After all of the hormone treatments, surgeries, counseling, and wardrobe changes (and did I mention hairstyles changes?) many Male to Female, and some Female to Male, transsexuals find themselves still being perceived as their "before pictures." Especially on the telephone...
Guest Post by Danielle Badler 10 Days Post Op Complete. That’s how I feel. Complete. For the first time. No more feeling like a science project. Or a work in progress. Or a hybrid human. It’s behind me. And it feels great. Really great. Two days before surgery, Deena,...
Being a parent is the craziest, hardest, funniest, scariest, job in the entire world. It is one of the most exciting yet daunting challenges to face adults in a world as we know it today. For those who are brave enough to make a conscious choice...
Guest Post by Danielle Badler At this writing, I am exactly eight days away from what I’m euphemistically calling, say it with an announcer’s stentorian delivery, “the conclusion to the physical portion of our transition program.” How do I feel? Wound up. Excited. Nervous. Excited. Curious. Excited....
Guest Post by R.T. Edwins (Emma) Note: The blog mentioned in the article is Trans-Advent: A Blog Detailing the Life-Changing Realizations of What it Means to be Transgender “And you will know the truth, and that truth will set you free.” The fact that this blog exists at...
Guest post by Vreer Verkerke I have been asked by Dara Hoffman-Fox to write a piece for her site as a genderqueer gender educator and human rights advocate for the rights of trans* and inter* people. And I gladly comply with her request. [Before I continue, a short...
Welcome to the another installment of READER Q&A on the darahoffmanfox.com | Transgender Education & Resources website. This is a regularly featured segment in which I share with you conversations I’ve had with readers (as well as watchers of my YouTube series ASK A GENDER THERAPIST) in which they ask questions and I...
Laverne Cox from “Orange is the New Black.” Moira from “Transparent.” Chelsea Manning (fka Bradley Manning). MMA fighter Fallon Fox. Kristen Beck, the “Warrior Princess.” Author and former staff editor of People magazine Janet Mock. Supermodels Andreja Pejic and Carmen Carrera. You may have noticed that, over the...