This is a post I wanted to write for a very long time. So here we go. The concept of passing and trying to suceed with it is fairly widespread thing in the trans community. Maybe I should explain first what it means. Passing is, when the gender you are presenting as (and which might not be the one you were assigned at birth) isn’t questioned by strangers. Example: you are a trans women and everyone you meet perceives you as a woman and never questions this.
Sometimes things happen, that shake up your world. Or destroy a part you thought was safe of harm. Most of the time no one did it on purpose, but still it hits you out of nowwhere. This is what happened to me.
This is a topic that comes up often within the transgender community and sometimes is especially important to freshly hatched eggs (people who just came out). So I would like to explain my approach to this question.
I think we need to talk about male privilege as a trans femme person. This is not an easy topic for most amab (assigned male at birth) people.
Just to be clear right from the beginning: I never heard someone say this and it’s also not my opinion but I guess some people think about this from time...
So here is a long overdue update. Sorry for the quiet. It was a stressful time, healthwise and professionally.
The headline is shamelessly stolen from Mia. But yes, I started HRT exactly one month ago.
Photo by Martin Neuhold So … I now had two appointments with the main therapist of the doctor’s practice and I’ll get an indication letter. Normally this would have only...
Last week I had an appointment with the main therapist of the doctor’s office I’m visiting. She will be the one will write the indication to get to HRT. Her plan was to ask for all the required information and details and then see if an indication would be appropriate. But half through the appointment she said: “I see I have to give up my plan to just ask the standard questions … we will need a second appointment. We have too much to talk about.”