Floris van Dyck, circa 1615. Transition is not a one-way street, or a bowling lane with the bumpers up. Transition is not a recipe with precise measurements, or a fixed curriculum, or a rulebook. Transition is not a set protocol, dictated by faraway experts. It is far too intimate and important for that. You are welcomed to this feast as an honored guest. Your cup is filled and the table is set. And then stand among ashes in.

Transgender TG cross-dressing cross dresser hormone therapy sex reassignment surgery male to female mtf. Tommyger on Sparkle Weekend 2015.

Sticks and Stones May Break Some Bones, but Words Can Break Your Heart.

It is the middle of July. There are many competing potential things to do on any given July weekend. Hence, this is my first Pride celebration in several years. I have almost forgotten the deep significance that Pride day has to me. All of us are refugees. So, I sit here on a bench with my pen and notebook, in the mottled light though the oak trees, with the buzz of music and voices around me, and bask in comfortable oneness. My Father Washes With Rubbing Alchohol.

I would prefer that everyone know.