So the United States White House and the President had leveled the Transgender Military Ban that transgender troops would be barred from the military and could not serve. The Defense Secretary later announced that the Pentagon would allow transgender people to serve openly. The Obama administration repealed discriminatory laws and supported transgender people serving. The new administration was seen as a threat to transgender troops and proved to be just that. In May 2017 two transgender cadets one at West…..
So we have a new book in the works entitled “trans-sub-consternation” which is a young adult (YA) novel about a transgender protagonist. The manuscript is almost finished. I wrote the book on a dare from a former coworker who thought me writing about being trans would help people. Now, in no way did I think my life story would help someone but I gave it a whirl. In college when I was 16 and a Freshman, I did not know…..
So I wanted to talk a little bit about accepting yourself. I know each one of us has something that they don’t like about their bodies. Could be your feet, your hair, your thighs, your lack of 6-pack abs. Sure you can work on these things and come to better understand and accept yourself but for a trans person this dysphoria takes on a whole new level of meaning. So I have been over last year and this year in…..
One of the things that I wanted to capture in the grydscaen series is the idea of becoming oneself through change. This can be physical change, mental change, emotional change or learning. There are many ways to grow more into your genuine self. I have been on a journey for the last 2 years after many years of self discovery to become my genuine self. 2015 started the journey that began when I was 5 and became fully realized at…..