From: Franches Subject: Re: News Date: December 8, 2015 at 9:42:48 To: JC ________________________ Hi JC, Thank you for your email. Franches. ________________________ >On Monday […]
Re: Noticias – diciembre de 2015
De: Franches Asunto: Re: Noticias Fecha: Diciembre 8, 2015 a las 9:42:48 Para: JC ________________________ Hola JC, Gracias por tu email. Franches. ________________________ >El lunes […]
Life After a Vulvoplasty IV – The Human Spirit
This post is the last of four in a series about life a few years after my vulvoplasty. Here I take a different approach and […]
Life After a Vulvoplasty III – Hedonism
This is the third instalment in a series of four articles discussing life after my vulvoplasty. If you thought the first two articles were personal, […]
Vida después de la vulvoplastia IV – El espíritu humano
Este es el último artículo en la serie de cuatro hablando de cómo ha sido mi vida a partir de mi vulvoplastia. Esta entrada la […]
Vida después de la vulvoplastia III – Hedonismo
Este es el tercer episodio en la serie de cuatro donde hablo sobre mi vida unos años después de la vulvoplastia. Si pensaste que los […]
Life After a Vulvoplasty II – Untethering & Physical Appearance
This is the second article talking about how my life is now after my vulvoplasty. Here I talk about the type of untethering I felt […]
Life After a Vulvoplasty I – My Pragmatic Introduction
No one should care about what’s between my legs, but I’m going to tell you with a good level of detail. More importantly here you’ll […]
Vida después de la vulvoplastia II – Desamarre y aspecto físico
Este es el segundo artículo sobre cómo es mi vida ahora después de varios años de mi vulvoplastia. Aquí hablo sobre la sensación de desamarre […]
Vida después de la vulvoplastia I – Introducción pragmática
A nadie le importa lo que tenga entre las piernas, pero te voy a decir con lujo de detalle. Es más, aquí te voy a […]
Soft Power to Normalise Our Experiences
There are a few ways we can reduce or sidestep the chastisement of transgender individuals. One is through activism like participating in public demonstrations, in […]
Poder blando para normalizar nuestras experiencias
Hay varios métodos con los que podemos evitar o resistir la aversión a las personas transgénero. Uno es mediante el activismo, como podría se el […]
2025. Ten Years!
At 11:30 on Monday September 14, 2015 I had an appointment with my doctor to discuss what I’d had to do to begin my medical […]
2025. ¡Décimo aniversario!
El lunes 14 de septiembre de 2015 a las 11:30 tuve la cita con mi doctor para discutir lo que tendría yo que hacer para […]
The Abandoned Blog
What does 1) a visit to the endocrinologist, 2) being a few days with a childhood friend, and 3) an abandoned blog have in common? […]
El blog abandonado
¿Que tienen en común 1) una visita al endocrinólogo, 2) el estar varios días con un amigo entrañable y 3) un blog abandonado? La respuesta […]
I Would Have Never Known
Often people say things that are meant with the best of intentions, though…
Nunca me hubiera imaginado
Muchas veces la gente hace comentarios con las mejores intensiones, pero…
Deliverance
A short tail of how love (self-love) can be found even in unpleasant situations.
Desahogo
Un cuento corto de cómo el amor (amor propio) se puede encontrar hasta en situaciones desagradables.
Beautiful Movement
How many times have you seen a TV advert that has truly left you wondering? Probably not too many, and me neither. Though Toyota has […]
Un mundo lleno de posibilidades
¿Cuántas veces has visto un anuncio de televisión que en realidad te deje pensando? Probablemente no muchas, y a mi tampoco. Pero Toyota lo ha […]
Relief
A person is at a restaurant with some friends. It is their first time at that place, though they’ve been there before.
Alivio
Una persona está en un restaurante con varias amistades. Es su primera vez en ese lugar aunque ya había estado ahí en varias ocaciones.
Now
Three people live in my home: my mum and I.
Ahora
En mi casa vivimos tres personas: mi mamá y yo.
Curiosity Beats Fear
A personal story based on a note by Russian author Anton Chekhov.
Curiosidad mata miedo
Una anécdota personal basada en una nota del autor ruso Antón Chejov.
Penny’s Coming Out Letter to Family
Coming out to family and friends, for most of us, takes a lot of courage and thinking, if not full out planning. My friend Penny […]
A Love Letter to My Body
This is a love letter to my body. I’m in it as I navigate through this life and I’ve been wanting to say a few […]
Prepping For Recovery After my Vulvoplasty
I am sure that my preparations for recovery from my vulvoplasty helped me be happy with my results. In my opinion recovery is the Holy […]
Bracing For Genital Surgery Via Knowledge
I was skeptical about genital reconstruction surgery because I didn’t know enough about it. After I allowed myself to truly consider an operation I needed […]
The Dare of Genital Surgery
I had a hard time starting to consider genital surgery (AKA ‘lower surgery’). My brain would shutdown its thought process every time I pondered about […]
The Burden of Privilege
After changing my gender expression I found some special advantages I didn’t expect to ever have. I’ve been thinking a lot about the seemingly innocuous […]
Details About my Hair Transplant
Back in 2020 one of my lovely readers reached out asking for details about my hair transplant. They were considering their options to make their […]
Never Had Gender Dysphoria
Privilege has followed me in so many ways. I’ve never had gender dysphoria and as a transgender individual I think of this as a major […]
Parallels: Rock Climbing & Transitioning
A few days ago, texting with a couple of friends, the conversation we were having shifted to comparing why transitioning is like rock climbing. I […]
The Story of the Magic Tutu – Defeat Self-Imposed Limitations
This is a story of accomplishments and stop holding back. On the surface the accomplishments are visible through an actual ballet performance. Though the story […]
The Future is Bright
As time goes on, trans, non-binary, and intersex experiences are becoming more and more accepted*, albeit slow. It’s always being a self-feeding cycle where as […]
When do you Stop Being Trans?
Chatting with a friend a while ago, she asked me ‘when do you stop being trans?’ At first I had no hesitation and my instant […]
The First Time I Shaved my Legs
The first time I shaved my legs… Wow! Such a small little thing that had such a life changing impact on me! But as incredible […]
Opening Up About Why I Chose a Vulvoplasty
Writing about why I chose a vulvoplasty is extremely personal and makes me feel exposed and vulnerable, for some reason… So I’m going to take […]
I Am Now My True Self
I’ve had many people tell me that they’re so happy for me, even congratulate me, because ‘I am now my true self’. Thanks to all […]
How I Chose My FFS Procedures
A few years ago, here on HolaSoyYo.com, I published a post on the 4 stages that I went through to choose my FFS procedures. Today […]
Social Media For Surgery Research
As part of my group of articles on ‘My Approach to FFS Surgery Research’, I’m honoured that the 4th and final article in this series […]
Online Videos as a Research Tool For FFS
FACIALTEAM recently published an article I wrote on how watching videos on the topic of FFS helped me shortlist surgeons. I watched all sorts of […]
Open Letter to My Comfort Zone
This is an open letter to my Comfort Zone. After so many years in an almost codependent relationship, I have something to say to it.
My Yellow Post-It
When I started changing my gender presentation in public I sometimes used a yellow sticky where I wrote “Hi, I’m transgender.” I used it similar […]
Another of my Posts on FACIALTEAM’s Blog!
News Flash: I’m super proud to announce that FACIALTEAM just published another of my articles! Yay! This feature talks about how I used multiple surgeons’ […]
Today is 4 Years Full Time!
Today, April 1st. 2020 I commemorate 4 years since I went full time with my current gender expression!