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‘She Said’ a universal, personal wive’s tale
The thing that most surprises me and never surprises me at all is how other “wife of” stories are not at all like my story and totally like my story. Yep, the personal is universal, and indeed Anne M. Reid … Continue reading
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Tagged transgender books, transgender wives
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Turn up the volume — the ‘Modern Love’ podcast is here!
So, OK, the podcast reading of my Modern Love essay is out! You can hear it in two places. If you go here you get the transcript and photos. If you go to the original essay, there’s a button halfway … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Family, Friends, Marriage, Media, Out and about, Physical appearance, Public reaction, Romance, Surgery, Transgender, Writing
Tagged Ann Dowd, Handmaid's Tale, Modern Love, Modern Love podcast, podcasts, trans marriage, WBUR
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Many views of transition from partners’ perspectives
I’m so happy to have another resource for “partners of,” the new book “Love, Always: Partners of Trans People on Intimacy, Challenge & Resilience,” edited by Jordon Johnson and Becky Garrison, published by Transgress Press. (My Boston Globe piece was … Continue reading
Thank you, Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer and ABC
So far I haven’t been able to access the Bruce Jenner interview here in the Netherlands, but of course I’ve read much about it. There’s a nice little recap on ABC and a really great overview by Gabriel Arana at the … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Out and about, Public reaction, Transgender
Tagged Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer
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Bruce Jenner and the rest of us
So, Bruce Jenner. I had not been aware of the speculations about a possible gender transition until a few weeks ago. I don’t keep up with the Kardashians or with Bruce. When the news became more imminent, I read a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Out and about, Physical appearance, Public reaction, Surgery, Transgender
Tagged Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer, Dr. Oz, E
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‘Trans Bodies, Trans Selves,’ a must-own
Over the past few weeks I’ve been thumbing through the behemoth compilation “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community,” planning to write about the recently published book soon. I did see an Associated Press story about it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Coping, Family, Fashion, Friends, Legal issues, Marriage, Media, Out and about, Physical appearance, Politics, Public reaction, Romance, Surgery, Therapy, Transgender, Work, Writing
Tagged transgender resource
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Jared Letos’ Rayon doesn’t do a disservice
Several people have asked me what I thought of Jared Letos’ transgender character, Rayon, in “Dallas Buyers Club.” I finally saw the movie, now that it’s out on DVD. Overall, I was thrilled to see a transgender character who the … Continue reading
Coming out and staying in
I had an interesting conversation on a flight out of Orlando last week. My seat mate was heading home to Midland, Texas, after two Disney-filled weeks with wife and young kids, one at Disney World in Orlando and the other … Continue reading
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Discussing gender fluidity benefits us all
I found this recent New York Times article titled “Generation Generation LGBTQIA” fascinating. It documented what many of us have been noticing for years — the trend of gender fluidity. Not gay or straight or bi or trans, but “whatever….” Here’s the … Continue reading
The limiting myths of manhood
I appreciated Charles Blow’s column in the New York Times today about masculinity and manhood in reaction to commentator Roland Martin‘s tweets about men in pink suits and more. It’s debatable whether Martin was being homophobic, as GLAAD has charged, … Continue reading
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She Was the Man of My Dreams 