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Tempus fugit
I’m really not sure where the time goes. As I looked through my blog posts I realised that the last one dates back to August. To anybody sufficiently interested in my activities to have made a repeat visit during that period, I can only apologise for neglecting my site so comprehensively! As I have complained…
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Sparkle
Sparkle is the annual UK transgender celebration, held in July in Manchester. 2019 was my 8th Sparkle. I’ve been every year since 2012, with the exception of 2013 – when my wife gave me an ultimatum: give “it” all up or you may lose me. I remember the devastation I felt a week before Sparkle…
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A Normal Distribution
Many folk who are trans search for some kind of objective legitimation for their sense of gender identity. The internet is awash with tests that promise objective determination of one’s “real” gender. One of the more unlikely such tests is the “digit ratio”: in men and women, the index finger is usually shorter than the…
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International Women’s Day
Friday was International Women’s Day – an occasion to reflect on the obstacles that prevent women from achieving equality of opportunity and influence with men. As a transwoman, I don’t believe International Women’s Day is for me, because I haven’t routinely experienced the kinds of challenges throughout my life that are so familiar to women.…
Mrs Benn 