Gender - Consultation With My Doctor by Phone: 19/2/2004

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Consultation With My Doctor - By Telephone.


From LJ 20 Feb: - 2004

She asked, "What does it feel like - how do you feel?"

A consultation with one's doctor by telephone seems natural to me but I had just admitted to my new GP that I don't go out much. I say, 'it's my choice', and it is, to a degree. I never cared for winter. But I had to admit I had lost more than my way when I took a wrong turn back - how long ago was it. Years? Years.

I said, "I feel ok." I paused.
"I feel okay but I know I'm not because I've rather lost the idea of what or who I am meant to be."

I imagined her nodding but then, remembering how I often act when I'm concentrating on the phone, I thought she might well be doodling or trying to separate two pieces of paper from a clip - with her free hand - but no, she probably had me on 'speaker.'

"Yes" she said mournfully.

It seemed a hell of a thing to lay on someone who must be young enough to be my daughter - not that I've ever seen myself as responsible enough to... But I dragged my attention back to what had to be said.

"I can 'Do Gender' but it seems that I've lost the knack of Being gendered."
Was I sounding too calm? I didn't sound calm. I didn't actually say those words. I expressed anger and exhaustion. I apologised for digressing. She sounded relieved to have something to reassure me about. "It's alright" she said.
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Newspeak is doubleplusungood

[chirik.livejournal.com]

A friend pointed me to this entry in ftm.

I find this rather disturbing. Words have meaning, and by meaning, they have power.

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From: Reid Vanderburgh < mailto:ReidPDX@toast.net <mailto:reidpdx@toast.net>
To: ReidPDX@toast.net
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:23 PM
Subject: Who's next?

Hello colleagues and friends,

Recently, I was asked to help present a workshop on suicide prevention among GLBT individuals, at the third in a series of five regional conferences on suicide prevention in the U.S. This particular conference covers Public Health Regions 9 and 10 (basically, the entire west coast). Following is a statement my co-presenters and I have prepared outlining recent chilling events surrounding our workshop. One interesting thing to note - the two previous conferences, one in New Orleans and the other in Denver, contained workshops very similar to ours and were not a problem. The difference? Both were held PRIOR to the last election. We give permission to forward this to whoever you believe needs to read it:


( Statement of Concern and Protest )

Girls who are boys, who like boys to be girls...

[nothingfancy.livejournal.com]

hey everyone. i guess you could say i just came out as a boy. im trying to find people to talk to, someone to show me the ropes and what not. im not going to get the parts or start taking hormone supplements, i guess i just want to look like a boy, and act like a boy, be a boy without the parts. my name is Andy. so if anyone could help me out, or even email me that would be great. reccomended readings would be helpful as well. right now im reading Gender Outlaw. any respsone would be awesome.

An update on Spironolactone --OR-- Take 2

[ottermama.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I'm authorized to take 75mg/day now. My pattern in the past is 2 pills before bed. The question is when to apply it. Should I do 2 in the morning and one at night? One in the morning and 2 at night? I initially was told that the dosage at night was good because that's when the body does most of it's changing and healing/replenishing and all. But I'm not sure if it would be better to take less at night and more during the day. Thoughts?