Process for top surgery at Helen Joseph, Johannesburg, South Africa #topsurgery #transgender #bilateralmastectomy

Process for top surgery at Helen Joseph, Johannesburg, South Africa Remember: I am only the second person (we know of in the trans community), that went to Helen Joseph for top surgery. A trans friend went a year ago, and the processes have changed COMPLETELY from his experience. I had to go through endless different …

Top surgery: #nonipplesclub #nonbinarytransition

18 Days away from top surgery and I've changed the image on my countdown app from the one at the bottom to the one at the top. I will write a blog post about it - for me as part of my healing (writing for me = healing); not motivated by justifications, explanations or education/activism …

No, I haven’t betrayed the sisterhood & other thoughts on trans guy ‘privilege’

3 Weeks on testosterone and I'm already getting the 'you're betraying the team [women]', 'you'll never be able to speak about women's issues again' bullshit... I'm not erasing my past, I'm just owning my future. I think what angers me, and makes me sadder, and more militant as a feminist, is that this you're a …

T DIARY: Week 1 on Testosterone

Thursday, 8/10: 8pm: First T shot. 0.5ml of 100ml of Depo T (0.5cc) Apart from feeling tremendous relief, I had a few moments of intense panic: what if after all of this, T is not right for me? People say you can feel immediately whether it's the right decision. What would I do if this is …

PHOTOLOG: Pre-T – Embodying Best Self

Unlike so many of the trans*guys and non-binary peeps on T who populate my Instagram feed, I have a lot of weight to lose (around 20kgs/44pounds). This means my dysphoria is not only around the gendered aspects of my body but the fact that I feel stuck in a body that is not mine on …

VIDEO: First T-shot. My testosterone-fuelled journey. Non-binary transition. 08.10.2015.

First shot done!!! Let's see how deep the rabbithole goes... Thank you, Tyler and Trent! Glad to have broken my shotnight virginity with my brothers. Ang - thank you for your video skillz and for being there. I must say that it was a HUGE relief having done the first shot - all of that …

VIDEO: My testosterone-fuelled journey. A non-binary transition. Before first t-shot.

I am a non-binary/genderqueer transgender person on testosterone, journeying through a non-binary transition / genderqueer transition, documenting my physical, emotional and spiritual changes. I will say what no one else says. I will question male privilege, highlight toxic masculinity. I will be the best transmasculine feminist I can be. Explore gender, living as more than …

1 Week until HRT: The countdown to my testosterone-fuelled journey

Things are getting pretty real in terms of the testosterone-fuelled part of my journey this week. I go for blood tests and a visit to my psychiatrist tomorrow to get the letter referring me to the GP who will manage my hormone balancing, whom I see next week Tuesday. And it's a very double-edged sword …

Testosterone: The next chapter of my journey

So I'm going to take testosterone in the next step of my journey. My soul knows that this is the right thing – it feels like a puzzle piece finally fitting into place, so I am not writing this post to justify this to anyone, ask permission or to demand your acceptance or support. I am …