I was curious to find out whether or not folks feel like they need to "butch it up" more in front of their family or just when they're in public. I realize that a lot of people probably act the same all the time, but do you feel more pressure to act more masculine around family members?

Seeking to interview black trans for documentary ( Read more... )

So I wanted to get an idea of who was going to the trans health conference in philly that's March 2-4. I thought it might be cool if we could meet up and have dinner or whatever. I know that if I see someone I recognize from LJ, I'm going to act like I've sen a celebrity. Not that that's relevant. But anyway, hope I'll see some of you guys

He Guys i am working on a paper for a religion course and i was wondering if any guys would like to provide me with some of their personal stories concerning religion and transexialism. it will be like and interview sort of think either via IM or phone or e-mail whatever works. i am working on a paper for a DIS that i hope to self publish... let me ( Read more... )

As an FTM of color, what are your feelings about developing a sense of humor in terms of racial and/or queer jokes or even just simple terms? How has your use of language changed to either embrace or reject terms based on how they might make somebody somewhere feel? Have you ever felt like the way you used language was compromised by ethnocentric ( Read more... )

just passin it on...

from the ftm lj community

So I probably said this before somewhere but I'm feeling more and more conflicted about the fact that I care so much about how black women have been written out of history. I find myself still pissed off every time my father says that women aren't capable of x,y, or z, or that black men have had it so much worse during this county's racist ass ( Read more... )

have any of you been to gender odyssey? http://www.transconference.org/ how was your experience? are any of you planning on going this year?

guess i've been lurking here long enough ( Read more... )

so, i guess i should introduce myself too. i'm juma. i'm 30 years old and have been on t for ten months and living full time for two years. i work as an auto mechanic at a toyota dealership ( Read more... )