I've been meaning to post this from the very start, but with the excitement of everything I guess it got away from me.

It's important for me to say, very clearly, that I don't mean to speak for anyone else's experience(s). I will try to use singular pronouns (I, me, my, etc) rather than inclusive multiple (us, we). Sometimes I might slip - but even then, I only speak for me. I never speak for anyone else. That is their story and their experience. It's not my place to try to tell it.

So. Let's be clear on that ok? What I say here is what I'm thinking, feeling, and going through. If you know or will know another trans person, they may not have the same experience. So no assumptions should be made.

Good. I feel better now.

Also: I will probably talk about sensitive things. Sensitive for both of us. For me, because I'll be covering medical details and history that most people don't share. Which means when you start reading this there may be an amount of overshare. I won't share anything I wouldn't share with people anyway, it just so happens I'm a pretty open person (don't know yet if that's a blessing or a curse). That doesn't mean of course that it's information you'd want to know. I'm not going to try to label anything as such because a) I don't know your tolerance level and b) that's too much to try to track. So just tread with caution if you know this is something that could affect you.

I also said uncomfortable for you. Outside of the gory details, you may come across ideas and theories and opinions that are contradictory to yours. I hope you'll approach these with the respect. I hope that this blog will turn into a place to talk about gender, sex, our culture's approach to both, etc. A lot of this conversation will probably be about privilege and the privileges we all have (whether recognized or not). Which I know, from my first forays into conversations about privilege, can feel like an attack. There are things I do and think and take for granted, just because I am [blank] or had [blank] advantage. To recognize these things and to realize how these propagate different forms of oppression and -isms is difficult. So when I talk about these things, please rest assured that I am not trying to attack you (if indeed the topic applies) or others specifically. I'm just trying to advance the conversation and build awareness about this community which most people have a very small window into.

So there's that.