Category Archives: relationships
Getaway Fantasy #1
Driving home from a lovely dinner with dear friends; a New Year’s Eve Eve celebration. Coming up Broadway from Downtown Oakland, blasting Flatt and Scruggs’ Foggy Mountain Breakdown. We felt that the streak of redlight intersections was impeding our getaway, … Continue reading
is this a prose poem?
I have a friend who I do not see very much. We have known each other for a very long time, but we are also newly acquainted these past few years. We are also falling out of touch. First her … Continue reading
Fragment
FYI – my girlfriend is an artist. GF: I’m going to make a painting of you. Me: OK, make my boobs a little bigger? GF: I wanna paint you with a halo, and use my pee to paint the yellow … Continue reading
It might get better. It might not.
I’ve seen some critiques of Dan Savage’s It Gets Better project. Most of them center around the fact that it often does not get better. This is especially true for trans folk. Defenses have been made that emphasize the project’s … Continue reading
I’m 40!
cross-posted at Body Impolitic Between my actual age and the fact that this year also marks sixteen years since I started hormones, I’ve been thinking for a while about my place in the trans community. I realized some time last … Continue reading
What I want
(reposted from Body Impolitic) My birthday is in a few weeks. A friend texted me to ask what I wanted her to get me as a present. Over the next hour or so, these were my answers. Do a little … Continue reading
