The Blog

News, rants, reviews, thoughts and generally dumping ground for my thoughts on transgender related stuff

The Choice to Live Differently

May 21, 2026

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m hoping — maybe even praying — that the shudder I feel beneath my digital fingertips is real. A tremor, a shift, a slow turning back toward something older and more human. A drift away from the hyper‑individual you do you and I’ll do me, and back toward…

Somewhere Over the Rainbow: A Reflection on Scars and Survival

May 5, 2026

It’s 23 years ago to the day since my — our — baby was born full‑term stillborn, perfect in every way except she was dead. The circumstances of her conception and the events that followed are written elsewhere, in a piece I’ll publish one day. Suffice to say life hasn’t been easy. Needless to say,…

Wigs: The Lock and the Key of My Life — a Transgender Conundrum That Lasted an Age

April 29, 2026

I fought dysphoria, society and a rogue wig. The wig nearly won.

The Book – So You Think You’re Transgender (…Then You Probably Are, Maybe)

April 22, 2026

A calm, honest book for anyone struggling with the question “Am I transgender?” It offers gentle guidance, early signs to notice, and supportive insight for people questioning their gender and looking for clarity without pressure.

The Day I Realised I Was on a Gender Reassignment Pathway

April 16, 2026

The Day I Realised I Was on a Gender Reassignment Pathway. And why that clarity changed everything. I’m 56, born in the North West of England, AMAB — assigned male at birth — and I’ve known since I was about five that something in me was pointing in a different direction. Not a small thing…