Prism & PenThe really annoying thing is that in Thai, the equivalent to calling someone “sir” or “madam” is “khun” which is gender-neutral. Since I reject the notion of gender and go by they/them pronouns, I’d much rather be called “khun” or just nothing at all, but get madamed here every time.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/i-still-have-to-be-a-part-time-woman-and-i-hate-it-265a4ab170d3?sk=6e76387ad4833588795f477d2add33ac
For the last eight years, I have been deconstructing the guy that took me 60 years to build.
I had a lot of help building him along the way.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/deconstructing-a-guy-74c65b0459d1?sk=51bc5bd08e90058023c681e89e27e17a
I’ve lived on both sides of the line and been seen in one way, and now I’m seen in another. I’m the same person with the same thoughts and the same sense of humour. But the way people respond to me has completely changed.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/trans-man-seen-both-sides-2b6768dfd920?sk=0b7f2227d7fe07984a8225cedefc53de
I saw how boys were allowed to take up space, while girls were taught to shrink, to smile and to stay small. So I used to think maybe if I were a boy, it would all make sense and maybe I would finally feel right.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/growing-up-south-asian-become-boy-love-girls-cd0064663210?sk=29a574138e7174a62d50ab073abd5be9
I never thought I would say this. I never thought the words would leave my mouth, my keyboard, or even the deepest recesses of my neurodivergent brain. But here I am, a #transgender woman in South Dakota, sitting at my desk at 11 p.m. on a Saturday, sipping coffee that has gone cold, and I am saying it:
Bryon Noem is my hero.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/my-unexpected-hero-is-a-man-in-leggings-fa69d0a358be?sk=b51319b65ab3367601eed06189376df7
Severe clinical depression. Acute anxiety. And when the oestrogen begins to feminise their bodies — when breast tissue starts to develop — the reaction is visceral and often violently distressing. They experience a profound, catastrophic loss of self. Their brains, running on the wrong chemistry, trigger a constant alarm that something is fundamentally mismatched. Many seek surgery to reverse the physical effects.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/what-actually-happens-when-cisgender-men-take-oestrogen-8ec85f91fa88?sk=fdd7a6d10e0aae79d46dcca852dcc339
‘The facts are clear, look at the data. They’re bringing hate. They’re bringing violence. They’re predators. It’s just too damn dangerous to let them anywhere near public restroom facilities.’
https://medium.com/prismnpen/a-trans-woman-has-a-dream-12da63246708?sk=7c42f8ff4c708f55ae9d60aff14bfa11
For all those fears and concerns that other trans people have, I simply do not have them. So, without question, I am smashing that magic queer/trans button to make me a cisgender woman!
https://medium.com/prismnpen/would-i-press-the-magic-queer-button-to-become-a-cisgender-woman-05436118c2c0
#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #ThoughtExperiment #MagicButton
It’s not as if I haven’t wished at least a million times that there was a button that could instantly transform me into a cis woman.
But but but. What about the fine print?
https://medium.com/prismnpen/would-i-press-the-queer-magic-button-to-become-a-cis-woman-3b09bfe434b9?sk=bbd3c4ad4bd1e31e43bb13fa77b88ee0
If you could push a button to swap sexes, would you? What if it were permanent not impermanent? What if pressing the button meant everyone has always known me as a girl, so there’s no sacrifice or stigma?
https://medium.com/prismnpen/would-i-push-the-magic-button-to-become-a-cis-girl-0ea7ed7a496e?sk=7c8b8007fd1ec62cfb2607cfe3019e00
