I know I’ve been ignoring you Tumblr but I’ve been stressed and busy.
So, after nearly a year on T, moving 2,000 miles away and back, seriously asking my sister if she had put herself in my shoes yet-we’ve decided it’s time to tell my niece and nephew, whom are both ten, about me being a transguy.
I go by a family name so when I started going by my ‘new’ name it didn’t effect the kids. My sis and her husband said until the kids started asking questions to not say anything to them. Well, this has been hindering my relationship with them because when I gotta piss I gotta sneak away cause I use the mens. When my niece has to pee and asks if I’m going with her well… it’s just causing lots of problems. Also, I’m getting sir in restaurants and when we go to stores-like it should be- and usually they are running their mouths and aren’t paying much attention but it’s very stressful to be put in situations like that because what happens if the kids loudly correct the clerk? “This is my AUNT, this is not a HE” I mean, I’d die on the spot.
I’ve avoided softball practices, games, dinners, etc. all because I don’t want to be introduced as their aunt but as their uncle…
I really don’t know even where to start when explaining to them about me.
I need help, any suggestions?
This is my poster submission for a contest on my campus. What does this poster communicate to you?
Design explained: I chose to use a censor bar look over the chest area in black and white because the chest area is not either black or white, especially when transgender people are concerned. It’s not just “if you have boobs you are a girl.” Many different people, male and female, have different breast sizes. I chose to have rainbow in the background to help convey that it is LGBT related. Also, the T is separated from the LGBT because I feel the T part of the community is often over looked and not well-known. Many individuals in the LGBT community themselves do not know how many differences there are from one transgendered person to the next. Also, the LGB and T in the corners help keep a diagonal flow with the piece. I merged the transgender symbol with the T to repeat the symbol off my bracelet to imply it’s importance.
I understand that for transgender people, I myself being a transman, the lower half is just as important; however, my main focus for my own transition is my chest-hence this piece.
I hope you all enjoy this. It is an 11 x 17, if you would like a print, just send me a message.
has anyone been in a serious relationship to where that person was and still is your everything but you two are not together and that person and you will never be together that way ever again… have you met another or is it true true love only comes once in a lifetime? have you loved another like your first true love?
I have a video on youtube about my binders-the link is in the bio of me ;)