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Who am I really?
I was taken from my mother at fourteen days old and the fracture of that moment has shaped every day…
The Wrong Kind of Normal
For most of my life I’ve been told I’m not normal. Not normal for being transgender, not normal for the…
I Never Chose to Be Transgender
I never chose to be transgender. People don’t believe that, not really, not in their bones. They imagine it’s a…
Pride Celebrations — What a Load of Bollocks
I’m suffering, badly, from the recent law change and the EHRC guidance around single‑sex spaces. Whatever the technicalities, the mood…
Bridget Phillipson’s Single‑Sex Guidance: The Fear, the Silence, and the Lived Impact
“Dinner’s ready, sweetheart,” I said as I came in with two trays, nothing special, just chicken and salad and rice,…
The Choice to Live Differently
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m hoping — maybe even praying — that the shudder I feel beneath…
Naked Witness is the new incarnation of the site once known as Two Spirit.
Centred on my transgender experiences (I’m trans), this platform is a melting pot of ideas and observations that cross my path.
My mission is to dissect life’s facets, from the taboo and edgy to the everyday and mundane, with forensic curiosity. Through my uniquely inquisitive and often unorthodox transgender lens, I aim to strip topics down to their bare bones, challenging assumptions and sharing my own understanding of what lies beneath the surface.
It's not just for non binary people its for everyone - I hope you enjoy the ride!
The site contains my musings on transgender topics and the challenges I face.
Some of the website is recent some of the website is ancient. If nothing else I hope it may help some people who have to deal with transgender issues at whatever stage of their lives.
No matter how you define yourself in the spectrum of gender identity, or how you deal with the very real condition of gender dysphoria understanding yourself is hard enough. Then of course you have to learn to navigate the outside world.
Being transgender isn't ever a choice, it isn't better than being a woman or a man, for me being transgender is simply something I know about me. I am no better or worse than anyone else, I have as many and as few rights as anyone else, we are all born equal and unequal to each other.
Some get the breaks some don't, some lose on the swings and others gain on the roundabouts, it's not how you are born it's what you do with your life that matters the most.
Whoever you are and however you define yourself, consideration, compassion, love and peace will always do more than anything else, for you and those around you.
Stay safe
Aug 25, 2022
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