Tag: transgendered
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Transphobia and Nepotism at the RNLI – Whitewash of RNLI Burry Port
Unlawful Transphobic Discrimination at the RNLI – they are getting away with it! The RNLI has recently shown itself to be transphobic: prejudiced against transgender people. This came to light in the first instance when the management at RNLI Burry Port rejected the volunteer application of trans woman Kate Lesley on the grounds that, to […]
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Six months since I transitioned – progress report
It is now six months since I began living living full-time as a woman. My transition to the female gender full-time came about in early July, following this year’s Sparkle Transgender Weekend in Manchester. It came about as a direct result of attending a presentation given by Dr. Luis Capitan, one of the facial feminisation […]
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Facial Feminisation Surgery – Post 4
It is five months since I transitioned from male to female and became Kate full-time. It is just over a month since I had my Facial Feminisation Surgery (FFS). I have been moved by the number of people who have been supportive during and after my transition. Strangers and acquaintances online who I have never […]
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‘Coming out’ as transgendered
There are different levels of ‘coming out’ as transgendered. I have been out on the U.K. transgender scene for over 30 years. I regularly hang out in Manchester’s Gay Village as Kate; I have been to lots of TG groups and events over the years. This is one level of coming out. But when you […]
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Pope Benedict speaks out against homosexuality and ‘Gender Theory’
Pope Benedict XVI says saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. The pope used his traditional end-of-year speech to say a few words about what he considers the important issues of the day. In a world where the practices of greedy bankers and corrupt financiers […]
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Why did I want to be a girl? Gender Identity and Transgenderism
In the past I was what is sometimes called ‘an occasional TV’. I have gone for months and even years without cross-dressing, but lately I have got back into it again in a fairly frequent (and joyful!) way. I have been taking female hormones for about 8 months, and am starting to grow fairly obvious […]
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Facial feminizing surgery – my first blog entry
I think August 15th 2008 is going to be a memorable day for me, because today is the day that I saw the future. I have a feeling that, some years in the future, I am going to end up at the Davies Campus of the California-Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, where I will […]