Moriel's Musings

Continuiing to read my old diaries, I am up to the first entry after my surgery. It marks an important milestone: the end of body dysmorphia. Wednesday, January 28, 1998 On Monday, January 19, 1998, I was reborn – I finally had the surgery and the old male genitalia are gone and replaced with what…

In my continuing re-read of my old diaries I just came across one describing my experience with conversion therapy. Not as bad as many people have experienced, but it still hurt me in ways that have been with me for decades. It taught me not to trust people, something I still have trouble with even…

This is an excerpt from my diary describing my second time being out with other trans folk. There was a dance at a church, and afterwards some of the people invited me to go to a lesbian bar with them. The simple act of someone saying goodnight to me at the end of the night…

This one is unusual. A cold case of a woman who was found dead 37 years ago has been updated as she has finally been identified. Pamela Leigh Walton was found dead in 1988 near Orlando, Florida. Say her name. Body of ‘Julie Doe’ finally identified as transgender woman Pamela Leigh Walton after 37 years

I’ve started reading my old diaries, which begin the day my egg cracked. Those first entries are from April and May of 1989 and describe the shopping trip I made as a woman where everything just clicked in place for me and I had such a wonderful time that I realized this was what I…

Another trans woman has been killed, this time by cops who she called for protection. Remember Linda Becerra Moran. Say her name! A trans sex worker called 911 to report being kidnapped. LAPD officers shot and killed her

I’m reading my old diaries again , written the day my egg broke and the following few weeks, and I was reminded of a couple of interesting things about myself back then. First, in junior high I developed an alternate identity. Not as in being plural, but more of a fantasy to help me escape…

This goes out to all the women in the world and that includes trans women! We are women too, so this is also our day!

One of the things that transphobes like to say is that gender can’t be changed. They claim that if you are born male you will always be male and if you are born female you will always be female. And you know what? I agree with those statements, but I don’t think the transphobes really…

Let’s face it: the news is a grim read for trans people right now. Every day we hear about some new executive order or piece of legislation targetting us and trying to strip us of our rights, and we have damn few rights to begin with. Whether it’s sports bans as in one of Trump’s…