Category: Blog

  • Forgetting hormones

    My body does not produce hormones the way a genetic female’s would, so instead I have to take estrogen supplying and testosterone blocking pills regularly to keep my body functioning normally.  I’m usually pretty good at remembering to take my hormones, and about 75% of the time I even remember to pack my hormones before…

  • Vegetable Challenge

    Every now and then I like to come up with little challenges for myself to try to break some bad habit. Almost two years ago I decided to see how long I could go without eating a hamburger.  When I looked at a menu, I would always flip right to the burger section and order…

  • Let’s Blame Satan!

    Disclaimer:  I am an Atheist with Wikipedia, I could say anything!  No promises on getting all of the details right, either. Apparently some people think that LGBT (well, possibly just LGB) people are caused by Satan.  Does anybody else think that these people are blaming the wrong mythological deity here?…

  • Re: Old Bugs

    “You can’t blame me for code I wrote 4 years ago, I was a different person back then!” – Me…

  • Anna vs. The Bus

    I tried to take the bus to work this morning.  Usually I arrive at the bus stop 45 seconds too late, and I watch from across the street as the bus drives off to the next stop on the line.  But today I was 2 minutes early!  When I reached the stop, I checked the…

  • My (new) Drivers License Game

    When I updated my drivers license after my name change last month, I was initially annoyed that the State of Michigan did not let me update my gender marker as well.  I have been carded a few times in the last month, and from what I can tell nobody actually notices what gender your drivers…

  • Name updating status

    I had my name legally changed a few weeks ago, which is a relief because my old drivers license basically stopped working.  When I went to adopt my cats the woman at the Humane Society took one confused look at my license and immediately told me “this isn’t you.” I’m honestly surprised at just how…

  • How did I pick my name?

    One of the most common questions I have been asked the last several months is “How did you pick your name?” so it seems like a good topic for a quick blog post! I chose my first name (Anna) last January.  I had tried out several names in my head since at least freshman year…

  • Why I can never be “stealth”

    For many trans-people, one of the biggest goals after transition is to go “stealth”. This means hiding your past from everybody your interact with so that nobody knows your true history. I don’t think I can ever do this. First, putting yourself into a situation where nobody knows your past is very challenging.…

  • What has been the hardest part?

    I was asked an interesting question about transitioning by a friend last night – “What has been the hardest part?”  The first answer that popped into my head was coming out to my friends, especially the first few.  I took a night to sleep on the question, and I can better expand on my answer…