Tag Archives: trans

So… you’re thinking about transfeminine bottom surgery, part 2 — process

So, you’ve gotten through the previous article, and you can probably already see that there is a lot of choice. That choice then gets compounded by just the sheer number of surgeons out there, which I haven’t especially gotten into yet. What goes into the time between “I decide I want to do this” andContinue reading “So… you’re thinking about transfeminine bottom surgery, part 2 — process”

The rage of the time lost

I’m going to take this space to help with a little bit of processing that I did at this year’s (2025) Critical Northwest regarding my trans identity. It’s a resolution of a fine point of pain and anger that is commonly faced by middle aged transitioners, and while I see this pain point commonly talkedContinue reading “The rage of the time lost”

National Coming out day 2024

So, it’s national coming out day today, and conveniently, the this photo showed up in my Facebook memories. Zoë cooking in her kitchen, 2016 It’s national coming out day. Might as well bask in what to me is the mild cringe of this pre-hormones person as I tell my story. If you’ve been around meContinue reading “National Coming out day 2024”

The Catholic Church has declared trans people abominations

https://apnews.com/article/vatican-gender-surrogacy-abortion-pope-3f84d8eb97f045b0cfb0ec1efa4e614e So, the vatican has release a new encyclical today, and there is some attempt at threading some sort of needle, but on balance, the thing is hard to read as anything but a full-throated slam of trans people. Some key quotations from the article above: “It follows that any sex-change intervention, as a rule,Continue reading “The Catholic Church has declared trans people abominations”

Listening to Tori Amos as an egg

I picked up this 33 1/3 that is being meta talked about in this Guardian article. Read the first few pages while waiting to get my blood drawn at the clinic. I really have trouble articulating all the feelings this album has given me over the years. It felt like a sledgehammer to the faceContinue reading “Listening to Tori Amos as an egg”

Processing

Hi. I’m feeling raw today, and the best thing that someone can do when raw is to sit down and actually go and write. Why write, you ask, well, 2024 has already been a big year in the story of Zoë Dahling. You see, as of December 31st, 2023, she is completely, fully and completely out. To family,Continue reading “Processing”