Which is what I have done from this blog - it's the same old story really - people start a blog and then they run out of puff - or go off to do something else. I did a bit of both. But I still have a soft spot for this, the first place that Emily got to find her voice, all those years ago. So here's a song that the meaning of (via the band) will become more obvious. I had a lot of dreams when I came out, one of them was to survive - and in doing so was to get on and live.

Part of any trans person's journey is putting the pieces back together after transition - the same pieces that were always there, just...

Well, it's been a little while hasn't it? - what's 14 months between friends eh? Anyway, hello again - I got to looking over my blog...

It's generally accepted that we have five senses, sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing. In the context of my life as a trans person,...

I love restoration, I love watching youtube videos of people restoring old, unloved stuff - paintings (Julian Baumgartner is my fave) or...

The 31st March is Trans Day of Visibility, ‘TDoV’ for those of us in the community, and you may wonder, what is this day all about? – To...

The Women and Equalities Committee of the UK parliament are holding hearings into the reform of the Gender Recognition Act. This was...

Penitence - an interesting word; Oxford reckons it means "the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong". It...

Sometimes things just line up - and as I get to 'O' in my alphabetic list of ramblings and musings it seems that I've coincided with...

What is 'normal'? - In this world we're living in there seems to be a prevailing attitude that 'normal' constitutes white, heterosexual,...

Mood - this is a raw topic because mine are all over the place at the moment. There's a lot going on; lockdown continues (albeit I may...

Well, it's been nearly a month since I last blogged - partly because it's been so busy (I haven't been furloughed and was really unwell...

Yeah yeah, I know. It's cheaty, but I needed to write something about being on lockdown on a day I have been looking forward to for so...

Loads of people say - 'remember it's a marathon, not a sprint' when I talk about the slow pace of my transition. I have to bite back the...

This is a post mostly about allyship and the difference that allies make to my life - but I used up 'A' - and I'm not waiting another 18...

"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings" - Elie Wiesel...

Musing on a lost life - and thinking of how my childhood changed me. Different music choice today - it's a song that came out when I...

Remember that campaign a few years ago in which public figures posed in black t-shirts emblazoned with the words 'this is what a feminist...

Just to prove that life isn't all miserable (but it's pretty hard tbh) - there is a flipside to the dysphoria I wrote about last time -...

Hmmm - this is a big one to write, and will hopefully be more useful to my cis friends - as my trans friends will have their own (mostly)...