My bestie doesn’t share my excitement about my planned date and accuses me of being easy.
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Girlville Dispatches: Trading the Dashboard for the Dance Floor
There is a unique kind of magic in a Chicago summer night. The air is warm, the city hums with energy, and for me, the anticipation starts building the second the clock strikes five. This particular evening, the transition from a long workday to a fabulous night out required a little bit of automotive wizardry.Continue reading “Girlville Dispatches: Trading the Dashboard for the Dance Floor”
Girlville Dispatches: Running to Womanhood
There is a specific kind of magic in shedding what no longer fits. During the heavy, isolated days of the pandemic—just as I was taking my first steps into gender-affirming hormone therapy—I developed a secret ritual of transformation. It began in the quiet solitude of my office at the end of the workday. There, IContinue reading “Girlville Dispatches: Running to Womanhood”
Girlville Dispatches: Stepping Out
Friday, November 11, 2011 — Chicago, Illinois It was a pleasant day for November in Chicago as I drove through traffic on the Dan Ryan. My work had finished early, around 2:00 p.m. Traffic was typical for a Friday afternoon — thick but moving because it was still before rush hour. My mood was buoyantContinue reading “Girlville Dispatches: Stepping Out”
E: Take 4
December 2, 2024 I had a doctor’s appointment today, and it happened to be linked to an account that I had previously set through Planned Parenthood for GAHT. It was very fortuitous. I had planned to address my gender dysphoria during the appointment, amongst other health issues. But when I received a text confirming myContinue reading “E: Take 4”
Day One, Take Three
[sigh] Still in the closet. Started gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) in August 2020. It was great. I noticed some great changes. I was on hormones for just over a year. But I never came out of the closet. And I quit hormones in October 2021. Last summer, I started the process to get backContinue reading “Day One, Take Three”
E DAY
Finally. After years of reading about HRT, daydreaming about life on HRT, wishing that I could begin HRT, and scheduling several initial appointments only to cancel, I finally had an HRT appointment yesterday via Plume (www.getplume.co). I was nervous, and yesterday was a busy and hectic Wednesday nestled in the middle of an insanely busyContinue reading “E DAY”