Drag King show in Montreal

For any Montreal readers: check out my drag troupe’s website. We have an exciting show coming up. Here is some additional info:

The Dukes of Drag present their latest full-length drag king show:
Nespi -N’est-ce pas? Don’t miss your favourite drag kings in sexy, energetic and exciting new performances ! Featuring MC Val Desjardins. Bring your panties to throw onstage! 18+.

Two nights only!!! Same show, different ambiance !
February 19 & 20. Doors at 9:30 / Show at 10:30. $10.
Sala Rossa, 4848 St-Laurent

Friday night : Intimate cabaret with intermission. Get up close and personal
with the Dukes: expect a meet ‘n greet, a cocktail hour, an opportunity to
pose with the Dukes and a surprise guest! 70 advance tickets are available
as of Feb 1st for Friday night only at the Casa del Popolo (4873
St-Laurent).

Saturday night: Cabaret followed by dance party with DJ Noisy Nora!

We welcome and embrace all forms of diversity!

Unfortunately, the Sala Rossa is not wheelchair accessible. If you have
accessibility issues and would like to attend, please contact us at
info@dukesofdrag.com and we will find a way to assist you.

www.dukesofdrag.com

January 2010 edition of Tr@nz

Here is the latest edition of Tr@nz, an online magazine on all things trans-related, produced by a brother right here in Montreal. Whereas Tr@nz previously alternated between French and English editions, it is now bilingual. This month’s edition has an article in French by yours truly. But most importantly, there is some interesting news about access to surgeries in Québec (in both languages).

Enjoy!

http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs1950171

A letter I will be sending to a local clinic

Hot on the heels of my previous post about medical treatment of transsexuals, here is a letter I will be sending to a local medical clinic after some horrific treatment I received today.  I have removed the name and address of the clinic to avoid any legal issues.

Medical treatment of transsexuals

Please share this link with anyone you know that is in the medical profession.

100th post!

So it took two years for me to get to my 100th post. Of course, a couple of my recent posts have been reposts so one could say this is cheating. On the other hand, if I count all the posts on my other blog, which I’m in the process of merging with this one, I’m probably at 115 or so. So there!

So here are some stats:

Blast from the past II: Dating site rant

All this talk of dating has made me want to transfer another blast from the past over to this blog from my other blog that is on it’s way to cyber oblivion. I first wrote this as a note on Facebook in December 2007. I was still living as female but I had just decided to transition. So my experience of dating sites up until then had all been as female. Enjoy!

Trans and dating non-trans?

In my last post, I discussed some of the concerns that may arise for someone who is dating a trans guy. Lots of the points I dealt with are applicable to all relationships of course. But the point of the post was to respond to all of those people who find this blog by running a search for “dating a trans man.”

Since I posted though, it occurred to me that there are all these posts out there in the blogosphere full of people complaining about the lack of respect their non-trans partners show toward them. In many cases, I’ve wondered what kind of respect the trans person was showing their partner. I’ve read a lot of things that made me go “hmmmm.”

Dating a transguy?

Another common way that people find this blog is through running searches such as “dating a transman” and variations thereof. Most of them wind up linking to my post “How to date a transman” which, in turn, linked to an article by Raven Kaldera. (The original link was no longer working so I just replaced it.)

Anyway, I thought I would say a few words on the topic. I appreciate that there are so many people out there who are willing to read up on things that they might need to consider when they are dating a trans person. I think that reading various perspectives of trans people on dating can help you consider things that the person in question might be hesitant to bring up, especially if they are in early transition and still discovering for themselves what it means to A) be in their chosen sex/gender and B) to experience love, lust and sexuality in this sex/gender.

Sore throat after testosterone

Looking at my blog stats, I see that about every week or so, people find this blog after running a search online for “FTM sore throat” or “sore through testosterone” or other similar variations. Since I remember not finding much information out there on this topic back when this was a concern for me, I figured I’d clarify my experience here.

I started T on May 26, 2008. Less than 2 weeks later, I had this very strange sensation in my throat. It wasn’t sore in the same way that it is before or during a cold, or after the first day back teaching when one has spent a summer not talking and projecting so much. It wasn’t really painful as such, just this kind of  . . . almost stretching sensation. I looked around and hardly found anything online about it. I asked my bio male friends if they had gone through this at adolescence but none of them recalled anything similar. I figured that it was the physical change to my vocal chords that I was experiencing. Soon thereafter, my voice took on a subtle huskiness and I often felt like I needed to clear my throat. When I discussed it here, a couple of brothers chimed in and shared their experience. In my case, it only lasted a few of months then my voice started to staiblise.

So, if you found this blog looking for info, I can’t give you any scientific explanation for it but I CAN reassure you that you’re not alone and, from comments I’ve had and the quantity of people who type that kind of search, it seems pretty much like stadard procedure. Best of luck to all my bros, old and new.

White privilege

I just had to link to this post on scapegoating.