Category Archives: Romance

Turn up the volume — the ‘Modern Love’ podcast is here!

Posted on October 12, 2017 by didaniel

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 →

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When the ‘Modern Love’ podcast comes calling

Posted on October 11, 2017 by didaniel

I got word in early August that WBUR in Boston, which puts together the “Modern Love” podcast, was going to use my 2011 essay about going through Lina’s transition. (The episode is “dropping” later today here, and since I’m six … Continue reading →

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Many views of transition from partners’ perspectives

Posted on July 23, 2015 by didaniel

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 →

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‘Trans Bodies, Trans Selves,’ a must-own

Posted on July 20, 2014 by didaniel

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 →

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Happy Valentine’s Day Anniversary to my sweetie

Posted on February 13, 2013 by didaniel

A decade ago, on Valentine’s Day 2003, a girl met a boy. OK, so some things have changed since then, but not as much as you might think. Here’s our “how we met” story, as it’s written (for now) in … Continue reading →

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