This is not a review or an endorsement, but a definite heads-up on what promises to be an exceptional movie featuring a transgender character.
Last weekend I saw a trailer for Gun Hill Road.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Dressing the Part, Chapter One
I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else.
- David Byrne
In those earliest days, long before gender transitioning involved matters of medicine, anatomy and biology, it mostly found me experimenting with clothes. Dressing up, in other words. Finding apparel to look and hopefully feel, as Mr. Byrne would have it, like "someone else" ... even before I realized, ironically, that the someone else was actually me.
- David Byrne
In those earliest days, long before gender transitioning involved matters of medicine, anatomy and biology, it mostly found me experimenting with clothes. Dressing up, in other words. Finding apparel to look and hopefully feel, as Mr. Byrne would have it, like "someone else" ... even before I realized, ironically, that the someone else was actually me.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Rock Bottom: from JK to DK
A few days back, I watched the incredible live YouTube webcast of the Harry Potter world premiere celebration. All Trafalgar and a good part of Leicester Square (very brief clip) was packed with fans, cameras, and large outdoor movie screens paying tribute to the genius of JK Rowling's entertaining and superlatively money-making creations. It did me good to see the H.P. cast and especially JK herself give stirring little speeches, and take their final Potter bows before the entire world.
But to me one of Rowling's finest creations -- and certainly one more of us can relate to -- was her extraordinary speech before the Harvard Graduating Class of 2008. If you can believe it, the topic was one hardly associated with the (officially) Wealthiest Author Ever. The subject was: Failure.
But to me one of Rowling's finest creations -- and certainly one more of us can relate to -- was her extraordinary speech before the Harvard Graduating Class of 2008. If you can believe it, the topic was one hardly associated with the (officially) Wealthiest Author Ever. The subject was: Failure.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
State of the Blog
For some of us, the more we live life, the less we tend to write about it. Between coming out to my family and you all, attending the Be-All Conference, implementing my name change, and marching in the Pride Parade ... well, I've not written much these last few weeks.
However I've recently improved my other "Pages", over there on the right, adding a Welcome page and incorporating others together, making this blog easier to digest, hopefully, if not necessarily tastier.
However I've recently improved my other "Pages", over there on the right, adding a Welcome page and incorporating others together, making this blog easier to digest, hopefully, if not necessarily tastier.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Freedom To Be
Possibly the first ever transgendered High School Prom Queen.
I am so happy to learn about this. Amazed, and happy.
I am so happy to learn about this. Amazed, and happy.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Proud
As the date for my name-change court appearance drew closer, I began to feel pretty good about how far I'd come these last 7 years. One morning a thought possessed me: this year, I'm marching in the Gay Pride parade.