Posted on 2 June, 2008 by Tarald
Jacky and Ryan writes about how it shouldn’t matter if being queer or trans is a choice. And I agree. His bottom line is this:
I’m not that concerned about the WHY of things. I am more concerned with my life as it is right now.
Why I’m trans doesn’t matter. Whether or not its a product [...]
Filed under: GLBT, My transition, philosophy | Tagged: body, changes, choice, female, gay, male, queer, regret, responsibility, transsexual | 3 Comments »
Posted on 13 May, 2008 by Tarald
I found this over at Ryan’s blog and liked it so much that I’ll add it here too. Most of all for myself to see when my existence is being questioned.
If ever a real man existed
He was trans
You know why we rock YOUR world?
Because we’ve seen the best and worst of both
We are fighters.
Champions
Survivors
Lovers
Listeners
Boulders
Not just [...]
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Posted on 12 May, 2008 by Tarald
I’m thinking about starting a new organisation, but beginning to have some doubts. My recent experiences with organisations are not good. That’s why I want to start a new one in the first place. But I’m starting to wonder if any organisation can be a positive experience. I’ve seen an organisation almost destroy the people [...]
Filed under: GLBT, philosophy | Tagged: democratic structures, disaster, experience, make a change, organisation, wonderful people | 2 Comments »
Posted on 6 May, 2008 by Tarald
I found this at Anginae’s blog and thought it would be fun. Especially since the pile of books beside my couch consists of books I’ve not had the time to read yet.
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
The book on top of the [...]
Filed under: GLBT, My transition, Writing in general, philosophy, religion | Tagged: book, christianity, faith, God, literature, theology, transgender | No Comments »
Posted on 28 March, 2008 by Tarald
I’m very excited! This weekend I’ve managed to organize a retreat with the Quakers/Society of Friends here in Tromsø. It’s gonna be real interesting and hopefully thw Society will provide me with a home for my religious belief.
I’ve been a member of the Norwegian Church all my life but I’m finding it more and more [...]
Filed under: GLBT, philosophy, religion | Tagged: belief, christianity, church, community, God, peace, quakers, society of friends, spirituality | 3 Comments »
Posted on 22 March, 2008 by Tarald
Cheerful Megalomaniac wrote earlier today: “I have to be honest, I wish with all my heart that I could have just been a normal guy, but I know that if I had been a normal guy, I probably would have been an entirely different person… and I kinda like me how I am.”
That reminded me [...]
Filed under: GLBT, My transition, Positive masculinity, philosophy | Tagged: amor fati, empowerment, female, flaws, male, personality, self-awareness, self-esteem, sexism, transgender, transition, transman, wanking | 2 Comments »
Posted on 20 March, 2008 by Tarald
I usually avoid reading stuff that I know I’ll find repulsive, sick and frightening. I don’t think that’s unusual for any person. To make this post I felt forced to do some research.
I started out googleing the phrase “God makes no mistakes”, because I’ve come across it several times in relation to transsexualism. I had [...]
Filed under: GLBT, My transition, Positive masculinity, philosophy, religion | Tagged: Bible, biology, blasphemy, body, christian, christianity, conservative, death, despair, evil, faith, ftm, gay, gender system, God, good, Holy Spirit, Jesus, LGBT, liberal, love, meaning of life, mind, mission, mistakes, moral, Quaker, religion, sin, soul, spirituality, suicide, transgender, transman, transsexual, WSCF | 9 Comments »
Posted on 13 March, 2008 by Tarald
Thanks to my friend Mette, I’ve been able to record some of my poems in Norwegian. She gave me a microphone for my computer, so I could install skype and talk to her for free. One of the first things I used it for, was to record some of my poems. They are now uploaded [...]
Filed under: Announcements, My transition, Poems, philosophy | Tagged: mirror, Poems, pre-t, reading, recording, self image, self reflection, skype, voice | No Comments »
Posted on 10 March, 2008 by Tarald
I’ve made a blog of taboos and secrets. The access is very limited because I don’t want anyone I know to read it (Fredrik is an exception, as usual). But if you have a wordpress-blog yourself and are absolutely sure you don’t know me or are getting to know me for at least the next [...]
Filed under: My transition, philosophy | Tagged: frustration, hate, limited access, love, rant, restricted, secret, sex, taboo, thought, transgender | 1 Comment »
Posted on 8 March, 2008 by Tarald
1. A woman is a woman is a woman. The notion that your sex is your destiny. Biology is everything.
2. All women want to be men. Feminism is just a way to cover this up. Those who transition is just weak. All female femininity is just an act. We all have penis-envy.
Of course, this was [...]
Filed under: My transition, philosophy | Tagged: beauty industry, cover-up, feminism, gay, gender, heteronormativity, misperception, patriarchy, penis, penis-envy, sex, sexism, stereotype, transition, transman, truth, vagina, woman | 2 Comments »
