February 6, 2008

It's a little over a month into the the new year, the year I will transition from "female" to male. This blog will be my documentation of the whole process. By definition, I guess I'm technically transgendered and transsexual. To simplify things, I use "trans" in conversation, and that will carry over here.

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From Wikipedia:

"Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as male, female, both or neither) not matching one's "assigned gender" (identification by others as male or female based on physical/genetic sex). "Transgender" does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual or asexual. The precise definition for transgender remains in flux, but includes:

• "Of, relating to, or designating a person whose identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender, but combines or moves between these."^[1]

• "People who were assigned a gender, usually at birth and based on their genitals, but who feel that this is a false or incomplete description of themselves."^[2]

• "Non-identification with, or non-presentation as, the gender one was assigned at birth."^[3]

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So far, I am out to all of my friends, but not to my family or my boss. I have a supportive and understanding partner. I have yet to start any counseling, but I plan to start as soon as possible. Ideally I would at least like to be on hormones and out to my family/boss by the end of this year.

If I use any unfamiliar vocabulary while writing, comment and I'm happy to clarify anything. This should not end up being a day to day blog - mostly I'll be using it for new important stuff or past stories. Hopefully this can someday add to the small pile of information out there.