Personal Stories
There is unique and diverse experience within our community. Here we have stories from members of our community, be they trans, intersexed, genderqueer, the parent, partner or friend of someone who is.
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Hysterectomy experience Thursday, 17 December 2009 16:43 |  Written by Anonymous - 2009 |
0 Trackbacks DecisionThe decision to have a hysterectomy was a complex one. I personally have never had an issue with having a womb and ovaries and it definitely did not impede my ability to pass in the community as male so I did not have the same drive and desire to have a hysterectomy as I did for my mastectomy. It also meant sterilization which posed issues, I do have a personal desire for children and although I have no issues with my child not been biologically my own it meant that I would have to rely on others to make me a parent. It also carried with it all of the traditional risks of surgery. However having a hysterectomy offered three appealing outcomes: The removal of the risk of ovarian and cervical complications and the need to be regularly tested, legal recognition of my gender and it is also a necessary procedure before most lower surgery. |
18th May 1999Wednesday, 02 December 2009 10:42 | Written by Peter - Tuesday 18th May 1999 |
0 Trackbacks I’m up in Sydney. Staying here for a few weeks. The countdown has begun. I have finally convinced my psychiatrist that I am enough of a man to have my tits chopped off. Convinced that I (well, the rest of me at any rate) am normal, she has, after six or seven visits, given the go ahead. I haven’t been doing real work for the last five days, but today is really the first time I’ve had literally not doing anything. Last Updated (Thursday, 17 December 2009 16:44) Camp Betty Presentation: Resisting the Medicalisation of Transgendered BodiesMonday, 19 October 2009 13:56 | Written by Ash, 2007 |
0 Trackbacks Ash, a trans/queer activist from Melbourne, Australia sent in this fabulous presentation that ze made at Camp Betty in 2007. I hope you enjoy it.
Last Updated (Monday, 19 October 2009 14:53) |
Transgendered and ProudMonday, 19 October 2009 13:34 | Written by Brenda, 2005 |
0 Trackbacks I am transgendered and would like to give you an appreciation of what it is like to be transgendered and some of the issues and challenges faced by transgendered people.
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