To others, I am obviously female, but to me my gender transcends the lines of societal standards.


I’m ashley, I’m 22 years old. :)

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[part of the We Are Trans series. submit yr photo/story/intro here.]

I’m totally showing My dorky side with this photo, but I figured if I’m going to go out on a limb and submit to an epic blog, I might as well go for the ultimate dorkiness. They call Me Logan, but sometimes I’m the Wild Rover of Manhattan and other times I’m the Broken Man. Two weeks from this writing I will turn 23 years old, and My father still doesn’t know he has a son, and not a daughter. He’ll be the only one that doesn’t know. I only came out as a transmale six months ago (and as an asexual individual eight months ago), but I feel as though I am making up for a lifetime of oppression. There’s something to be said about having one door open in front of you, and being blinded by the light spilling in, when you’ve known nothing but dead-end darkness. There is something to be said for the way life seems to gain new momentum when you realise you don’t have to let anyone else dictate your identity and your path but yourself. There’s a reason why I call My coming-out “the Dawn”. I received My first T injection yesterday. The Sun is rising. The son will prevail. [ P.S. … Sebastian, you rock. I love this blog. ]

I’m totally showing My dorky side with this photo, but I figured if I’m going to go out on a limb and submit to an epic blog, I might as well go for the ultimate dorkiness.

They call Me Logan, but sometimes I’m the Wild Rover of Manhattan and other times I’m the Broken Man. Two weeks from this writing I will turn 23 years old, and My father still doesn’t know he has a son, and not a daughter. He’ll be the only one that doesn’t know.

I only came out as a transmale six months ago (and as an asexual individual eight months ago), but I feel as though I am making up for a lifetime of oppression. There’s something to be said about having one door open in front of you, and being blinded by the light spilling in, when you’ve known nothing but dead-end darkness. There is something to be said for the way life seems to gain new momentum when you realise you don’t have to let anyone else dictate your identity and your path but yourself. There’s a reason why I call My coming-out “the Dawn”.

I received My first T injection yesterday. The Sun is rising. The son will prevail.

[ P.S. … Sebastian, you rock. I love this blog. ]

My name is Chase Valentine (darkentherainbow.tumblr.com). I am a 15 year old transman. I’m a highschooler, photographer, and nature lover. I came out in August 2008, going into my freshman year of high school as a guy, which crashed and burned. But I kept my head high and now I’m out to everyone but my extended family. As far as transition goes, it’ll probably take me a while due to the hesitance of my parents, but I’ll keep my hopes up and just try to deal with being a girly man for a while. I do plan to get top surgery and hormone therapy at one point, and my gender counselor has diagnosed me with GID, so when my parents are OK with hormones, I’m good to go. Yeah, that about sums me up :]

My name is Chase Valentine (darkentherainbow.tumblr.com). I am a 15 year old transman. I’m a highschooler, photographer, and nature lover.

I came out in August 2008, going into my freshman year of high school as a guy, which crashed and burned. But I kept my head high and now I’m out to everyone but my extended family.

As far as transition goes, it’ll probably take me a while due to the hesitance of my parents, but I’ll keep my hopes up and just try to deal with being a girly man for a while. I do plan to get top surgery and hormone therapy at one point, and my gender counselor has diagnosed me with GID, so when my parents are OK with hormones, I’m good to go.

Yeah, that about sums me up :]

My name is James & I’m an 18 year old transgender man. I’ve known for years but had to hide it because of my conservative parents. Last year I got married & moved away with my partner where I was still walking on eggshells because my partner is in the military. Once when I came home, I sat my parents down & came out to them. They did not accept it. My mother sends me emails from the Bible every day & I face the scrutinizing denizens of Utah as they struggle to fit me into their black & white photo of society. I haven’t spoken to many of my family in months. On the other side of the spectrum, my in laws have accepted me with open arms. They don’t care if I’m black, white, male, female, fat, or skinny. I met them for the first time a week before I married into their family & they have already shown more love & support for me than my blood family ever did. I couldn’t ask for more than family. They’re what keeps me going, knowing that one day I will be the mirror image of my soul, no matter where I started out. 

My name is James & I’m an 18 year old transgender man. I’ve known for years but had to hide it because of my conservative parents. Last year I got married & moved away with my partner where I was still walking on eggshells because my partner is in the military. Once when I came home, I sat my parents down & came out to them. They did not accept it. My mother sends me emails from the Bible every day & I face the scrutinizing denizens of Utah as they struggle to fit me into their black & white photo of society. I haven’t spoken to many of my family in months. On the other side of the spectrum, my in laws have accepted me with open arms. They don’t care if I’m black, white, male, female, fat, or skinny. I met them for the first time a week before I married into their family & they have already shown more love & support for me than my blood family ever did.

I couldn’t ask for more than family. They’re what keeps me going, knowing that one day I will be the mirror image of my soul, no matter where I started out. 

boy and girl, two categories that mean nothing to me. ever since i was a little kid i knew i was different; i was more like the boys than the girls, but still not quite one of them. it took me until i turned fourteen to figure out what i really am: genderqueer. though coming out has been difficult and scary, between my lesbian mentor denying the very existence of my identity and my mother ignoring me, i’ll always be able to say it’s worth it because being out always makes me feel better and the people who are really important, my friends and my girl, accept me and are there for me. i have them, music, books, and poetry: all of the necessities. my pen is poised, my guitar is in reach, being genderqueer won’t keep me from being who i want to be. i am ziggy, hear me rawr. imma gonna take the world by storm. unicornkid

boy and girl, two categories that mean nothing to me. ever since i was a little kid i knew i was different; i was more like the boys than the girls, but still not quite one of them. it took me until i turned fourteen to figure out what i really am: genderqueer. though coming out has been difficult and scary, between my lesbian mentor denying the very existence of my identity and my mother ignoring me, i’ll always be able to say it’s worth it because being out always makes me feel better and the people who are really important, my friends and my girl, accept me and are there for me. i have them, music, books, and poetry: all of the necessities. my pen is poised, my guitar is in reach, being genderqueer won’t keep me from being who i want to be. i am ziggy, hear me rawr. imma gonna take the world by storm.

unicornkid

The Cole Maxwell My name is Cole Maxwell (colecatastr0phe) I’m a 23 year old transgendered male. I work as a Network Administrator and attend college for my Bachelors in Network Design & Management. However, I’m still in the early stages of coming out. I realized and fully accepted being transgender in Dec 2009. Shortly thereafter, my fiancee at the time left me. As much as this hurt me, I have really grown as a person from it. The struggle makes you who you are, and without that I wouldn’t be the man I am becoming. It most definitely gets tough balancing full time work, full time college and transitioning all in one. I have begun the planning stages of getting top surgery, and am very fortunate to have a great job that will allow me to pay this out of pocket. [this is part of my “we are trans” series. submit yr photo and/or story here. -xxboy]

The Cole Maxwell

My name is Cole Maxwell (colecatastr0phe) I’m a 23 year old transgendered male. I work as a Network Administrator and attend college for my Bachelors in Network Design & Management.

However, I’m still in the early stages of coming out. I realized and fully accepted being transgender in Dec 2009. Shortly thereafter, my fiancee at the time left me. As much as this hurt me, I have really grown as a person from it. The struggle makes you who you are, and without that I wouldn’t be the man I am becoming.

It most definitely gets tough balancing full time work, full time college and transitioning all in one. I have begun the planning stages of getting top surgery, and am very fortunate to have a great job that will allow me to pay this out of pocket.

[this is part of my “we are trans” series. submit yr photo and/or story here. -xxboy]