Introducing...

Hi, my name is Lisa.  I spent the first 46 years of my life living as a simple ordinary man.

Then, last fall, shortly after passing the age my father was when he died, and having just narrowly avoided a major accident on the highway, I suddenly realized that my internal sense of self is, and always has been, feminine.  Surprise!

Since then, I have been working to understand what this revelation means for me, my family, my friends, my work...my life.  I have been crossdressing, and have started going out into the world in femme mode when I can.  It feels amazingly good.

Will I end up transitioning some day?  Hormones, surgery?  That's an open question at this time.  (Check out my femme-ache tracker under "Pages.")

Currently single, will I end up with a male or female partner?  Likewise an open question.  (One or the other would be nice...)

What I do know:  trans is real, and affects the lives of many, and there's a lot of confusion and ignorance about it.  Hence, this blog.  It's me wanting to say "Lookit me!", of course, but it's also my entry into activism in this cause by which I have been chosen.  I want to do all I can to make the world a safer, more welcoming place for transfolk of all kinds.

If you would like to read an on-line article about my first few months post-revelation, it is here.

So I hope you'll stop by again for juicy installments of my continuing saga, for (I hope) thoughful discussion of aspects of gender, and for connections to the world of trans.  Thanks for reading!