Earlier today, I had 10 folks attend the online version of Trans 101 for the SCA. Before the class started, I let everyone know that I’d be recording it — flaws, silly, and all –, and then uploading it to YouTube for folks to watch later so anyone who watches… Continue reading
Because it’s Trans Day of Visibility, this is what trans looks like. Working on schoolwork in the campus library while drinking iced coffee and listening to anime music.
As you probably know from my various rantings, ravings, and ramblings here, I’m FtM transgender. I lived a good bulk of my life identifying as female and, despite identifying as male/masculine for a while, I still advocate for and understand the challenges of people who identify as female. I also… Continue reading
So, because of a comment from Mistress Sofya Chyudskaya Smolyanina, I shot off an e-mail to the Editor of Compleat Anachronist on a lark. Greetings! I’m currently working on research of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in the time period of the SCA, as well as conventions for interactions within… Continue reading
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, and it puts me in a rather somber mood. Today, more than most days, I am focused inward and I scrutinize my experiences. It’s dangerous living as an open and proud transgender individual. It’s just as dangerous being a person of color, especially if… Continue reading