“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” -Goethe
“An Optimist is someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it’s more like a cha-cha!” -Robert Brault
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Tag Archives: gender reassignment surgery
Sentenced For A Crime I Did Not Commit
As I begin my fourth year since I came out and began my transition, now complete, it has become harder to remember how it once felt living trapped in a male body with which I no longer identified. All the pain and anguish I … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Post=op, Transgender
Tagged gender reassignment surgery, shadow, transition
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It’s About Time We Got Over It
What I’m about to say is offered with love and very tough love at that. I have been thinking a lot lately about what I see happening in the Trans blogsphere and I want to share my feelings about that. … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Growing Up, Possibilities
Tagged feminine, gender reassignment surgery, girl, transgender, transition, woman
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I Refused to Grow Up to Putting On My Big Girl Panties
I came to a very startling revelation this evening which I believe, has it’s roots in being born transgender and has been running my life until I “took the bull by the horns” and chose to finally come out to begin … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Up, Memories, Transgender
Tagged coming out, gender, gender reassignment surgery, girl, memory, sister, transition, woman
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Geesh Deanna! Where have you been?
It’s been almost two months since my GRS and I haven’t posted anything on this blog. It is time to get back to it, kiddo bambiddo, as my late beloved used to say. I still think of her often, sometimes … Continue reading
On the Road to Bangkok: Where Have I Been These Past Few Weeks?
I haven’t been keeping all y’all* up to date and I’m pretty sure I now know why. When I began writing this blog under the title I Am Deanna back in December 2011, I was beginning my journey and each day … Continue reading
Posted in New Horizons, The Road to Bangkok, Transgender
Tagged fantasy, gender reassignment surgery, transgender
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Happy 2nd Birthday to the Woman I Have Always Been
Today, November 27, 2013 just happens to be the second birthday of the girl and woman I have always been. If you haven’t read my story before, just click on this link or the link above entitled “Coming Out as Deanna.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Providence
Tagged blessings, choice, gender reassignment surgery, girl, transition, woman
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Bangkok, Thailand, Here I Come!
As I have posted on the blog many times before, I have always held in my heart that the completion of my transition with surgery was a done deal. Having said that, I am now in the process of arranging … Continue reading
Posted in Shift Happens
Tagged gender reassignment surgery, intention, surgery, synchronicity, transition, vision
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A Curious Conundrum
It is interesting to me that when I was still trying to pretend to be a “straight” guy, even though I was ally to the GLBT communities, I still was abhorrent to watching or even imagining men kissing or otherwise … Continue reading
Justice for all doesn’t necessarily mean equality for all
I woke up this morning not knowing that today is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia until I went to check my email. IDAHO is still the acronym used and is probably much easier to remember than IDAHoT, but … Continue reading
Posted in Shadow, Transgender
Tagged discrimination, equality, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment surgery, lesbian, prejudice, transition, women
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Until one is committed
As I was responding to a post by my dear friend Kira Moore on her blog, I was reminded of a quote by which I live my life and have experienced over and over throughout my transition. “Until one is committed, … Continue reading
A Spy in the Enemy Camp 