My brother has been living in Turkey for the last 6 years, and I finally made the trip to go see him this summer. As a transgender person, there were a couple of things I made sure to square...
Regardless of what incarnation you’re familiar with; there is likely not a person in this world who doesn’t have some general idea of the Frankenstein story. The original was written by Mary Shelley and has since gone on to...
Two U.S. senators are preparing an amendment that will challenge the President’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said she is working with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to draft the proposed amendment to the...
I can only ever speak of my own experiences in the world of transition having gone through it with my wife. I have my observations, my feelings, and my exposure to this community. So I hope that what I...
Coming to terms with the fact that you are transgender is never easy. If you are questioning your gender, all I can tell you is that most people don’t. There is a reason you are questioning. The best way...
If I said I didn’t want sex while I was trying to be a man, I would be lying. Wrong puberty, whatever else it was, created the same hormone storm it does in everyone and I had the same...
Jude Samson breaks down the binary walls with a primer on gender pronouns.

Pronouns

Not that long ago the world operated under the assumption that gender and therein respective pronouns were merely binary. It was simply a male or female – he/him or she/her world. Then, people started to learn that, as with...
News outlets are incorrectly reporting that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had halted President Trump’s transgender military ban. The reality is that Mattis is just following orders. Trump’s directive gave him until February 18th 2018 to come up with recommendations regarding...
I am so saddened by the predicament that you have found yourself in and I know how difficult it must be to find a way to be free. Your whole life has been about hiding, I am sure that...
A recent study shows heightened brain activity in transgender men when seeing images of themselves morphed into a more male state. An international team of neuroscientists and psychologists exposed transgender men to images and other tests while undergoing...