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the_fantastic_ms_fox) wrote2007-02-08 06:46 pm
the_fantastic_ms_fox) wrote2007-02-08 06:46 pm
Three trans items
1. That was my third, and most likely final, appointment for sperm storage - this means that I started Spiroactalone late this morning.
It feels as if there was a period wherein a tide of unwanted T had the run of my body, and that this period is now over. A strong relief comes of this.
2. In other news, I dyked it up this week - girl's pants, shirt, vest, my cap, trimmed eyebrows and so on. And today, a fellow I'd not met came into the office, skirted the directors who were chatting with each other and shouted to reach me to ask for directions. I'm pretty sure what he said was.
"Excuse me sir."
(I turn from leaning over my computer)
"Oh, I'm sorry - miss."
Now, he was seeing me at a distance, and I'm pretty sure that my attempt at a female voice didn't work out as well as I'd hoped, but I'm pleased nonetheless.
I really do think that was what he said.
Fucking A.
3. Could it be that the demand for medical intervention in body-gender is driven in part by living in a large, anonymous society? If I lived in a small village or tribe where everyone knew that Sasha prefers to be acknowledged as female and had personal relationships that would encourage them to honour this, then I, or any other trans (or intersex, or, in some cases, cis) person in a similar situation, could live day in and out without having to worry about being read because everyone would be familiar with both my history and what I want in social interactions. This isn't to say that there wouldn't be other problems (like not being able to leave in the face of hostility).
But I don't live in a small village or tribe - not yet anyway: we'll see what the next thirty years of world history hold. This, if I want to be read as female, I have to give off a strong and immediate visual signal to all the people who I meet for all of ten minutes before I never see them again.
Peak oil: solving both global warming and transphobia since 2005.
It feels as if there was a period wherein a tide of unwanted T had the run of my body, and that this period is now over. A strong relief comes of this.
2. In other news, I dyked it up this week - girl's pants, shirt, vest, my cap, trimmed eyebrows and so on. And today, a fellow I'd not met came into the office, skirted the directors who were chatting with each other and shouted to reach me to ask for directions. I'm pretty sure what he said was.
"Excuse me sir."
(I turn from leaning over my computer)
"Oh, I'm sorry - miss."
Now, he was seeing me at a distance, and I'm pretty sure that my attempt at a female voice didn't work out as well as I'd hoped, but I'm pleased nonetheless.
I really do think that was what he said.
Fucking A.
3. Could it be that the demand for medical intervention in body-gender is driven in part by living in a large, anonymous society? If I lived in a small village or tribe where everyone knew that Sasha prefers to be acknowledged as female and had personal relationships that would encourage them to honour this, then I, or any other trans (or intersex, or, in some cases, cis) person in a similar situation, could live day in and out without having to worry about being read because everyone would be familiar with both my history and what I want in social interactions. This isn't to say that there wouldn't be other problems (like not being able to leave in the face of hostility).
But I don't live in a small village or tribe - not yet anyway: we'll see what the next thirty years of world history hold. This, if I want to be read as female, I have to give off a strong and immediate visual signal to all the people who I meet for all of ten minutes before I never see them again.
Peak oil: solving both global warming and transphobia since 2005.
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Sorry, really all I can think is yay...but I bounced as well.
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The title is not my fault - I inherited the journal. I shall change it as soon as the long-abandoned name I want it rereleased.
Great about the clothes, reactions, etc.! *beams*