Danielle Hallett

I have my trachea shave on September 1st at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. The operation will take 45 minutes, I'll be under anaesthetic and be expected to stay in hospital overnight.

This will be the first surgery of my transition, so I am looking forward to it. I'm hoping it will aid my feminization process by making my neck seem flat in appearance.

Recently, my employer provided me with a shiny new laptop so that I can be more mobile and work from home. It's fantastic, dual cores, lots of rams, fast interwebs etc. a really nice piece of kit.

But... It has a sinister dark side; It’s a masochist!

Traditionally, computers don’t like to be dropped or beaten up; heck my first experience with a PC (a Viglen in 1986) required the user to run the “park” utility from DOS before you even moved it. My new laptop however is very different. It comes with a utility which shows how much of a beating it’s taking.

Once again we see transsexuals discriminated against in Wales, as highlighted by the unfortunate story posted in the Guardian. The full article can be read here at WalesOnline, we can only hope the situation improves soon for so many transsexuals in Wales.

Transsexual fun facts
This FAQ is an authorised edit and personalisation of the one Andrea James (www.tsroadmap.com)
wrote to her co-workers when she came out at work; Andreas's site is probably
the most comprehensive TS/TG resources on the internet, so if this FAQ does not
have the answers you're looking for try there next.

The FAQ is intended to try to answer the most common questions people have
regarding transsexuals.

The official first day of my “real life test” starts today, and oh my, I’m nervous.

The weekend was spent doing all kinds of fun things, especially shopping for some new outfits, lots of eating and Mamma Mia! (fab movie). After getting up extra early to get ready for workup, hair, makeup and clothes etc. the morning has been quite uneventful, then I logged into my computer at work. It would appear that despite being assured my details would be updated ready for first thing today, they still show old me.

Nooooo!

Press for Change is a political lobbying and educational organisation, which campaigns to achieve equal civil rights and liberties for all trans people in the United Kingdom, through legislation and social change.

This site is here to explain our work, and to support all those who campaign with us to achieve full equality and rights for gender diverse people in modern society.

A rather alarming event happened at the Pride parade this weekend where a steward acted in an illegal and bigoted manner toward a group of people attending Pride.

An excellent source of information for UK transsexuals and a very strong and well established community too.

By my measure, I think I’m about half way through my transition. My hair is mostly sorted, skin looks great, I’ve developed some curves etc. Unfortunately, when I look in the mirror, I’m only really seeing hints of me as female, I seem to have to put loads of effort into it too (though maybe that’s just part of being a woman).