19 Days post #topsurgery #Spoonie celebrations #gratitude #ChosenFamily

19 Days post #topsurgery Day 2 of my 4-day Spoonie celebration of my new chapter as boobless Germaine Sanjaya Gabriel de Larch #beyondbinaries #beyondtrans. Spoonie friends ftw! And first time post-op in one of my favourite T-shirts: priceless. Will post video discussing this feeling and about the resurgence and reclaiming of my femininity. #nonbinary #thereisnorightwaytobetrans …

A few online resources for researching #topsurgery, etc.

Apart from these resources in general - PLEASE read these (menu at top of this blog page). FTM/NB/GNC Top Surgery Transbucket!!! Hudson's FTM Guide. Join Instagram and follow trans men/guys, nonbinary and gender non-conforming peeps. (Use the hashtag #topsurgery to find them). Just ask questions in groups or from Instagram people! And again, I know …

2nd #topsurgery post-op follow-up – All good news! #transgenderhealthcareSouthAfrica

Home from second post-op check up at Helen Joseph hospital. Drains came out (thank g_d/dess!) and healing well and surgeon, Dr Chauke, says all is on track as expected... (Read more).

16 Days after #topsurgery – Emotional & physical progress #transgenderhealthcareSouthAfrica

Second post-op consult and hopefully drains coming out - will be HUGE relief. Worst part of this whole process. Still in VERY minimal pain. Only take Panado (paracetemol) when I feel a twinge - normally once a day. Also great mobility. (Continued...).

16 Days after #topsurgery: How to prep for & post-op #selfcare #recovery

Email written in response to American friend from America who is having his top surgery in two weeks.

while I celebrate top surgery… THE most often told South African trans story #Health4Trans #beingtransgenderandblack

And while I celebrate my top surgery... The chasm between racial experiences of healthcare in the South African transgender landscape: Given (his face and real name have been obscured for his own protection from homophobic and transphobic violence) is a 23-year old, trans man, born and bred in Johannesburg, He currently lives in the Vaal, …

Don’t “dude” everyone: Misogyny, transmisogyny, nonbinary erasure & toxic masculinity

So much hostility towards nonbinary people and disrespect of words that trigger people. I am SO SICK of toxic masculinity within the FTM community. There is also so much emphasis on 'passing' which erases people who cannot pass, who cannot access hormones or surgery, or those who don't want to pass because they are nonbinary …