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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
How I Used The Internet For Surgery Research
After all my research, short listing, and eventually booking my different surgeries I wrote a lot about my process and methodology. I’m honoured that my […]
2nd. FACIALTEAM Blog – Where to Have FFS
My second blog post on FACIALTEAM’s blog has been published! This time I go in depth on how I decided to choose FACIALTEAM in Marbella […]
Guest Column on FACIALTEAM’s Blog
I’m very proud to share with you that my first guest column post has been published on the FACIALTEAM’s blog! Check it out here. It’s […]
HRT and Permanent Hair Removal
In my previous post I talk about Hair – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and explain a little about my obsession with hair. […]
Hair – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Hair, hair, hair! Hair’s always on my mind and it’s one of my obsessions! Even as I try to write this I get so many […]
Pro Trans
What comes to mind when you read the term “Pro Trans”? You may think that I’m a person that supports transgender people; and of course […]
I Got Boobs!
This may sound like a celebration of a recent breast augmentation (BA) surgery but the fact is that I had mine back in November of […]
HDY Start Presenting as a Girl in Public
How Did You (HDY) Start Presenting as a Girl in Public? With a little over 3 years since I started presenting as Franches as a […]
The Age Effect
They say that age is just a number but to me it’s also a reservoir of encounters, escapades, debasements, dramas, etc. all affected by my […]
It Wasn’t Work
After posting the Practice Makes Perfect – Duh! article and getting a couple of comments I thought I’d add that all the things I’ve done to […]
Practice Makes Perfect – Duh!
You’ve heard the expression “practice makes perfect”, which as expected just means that the more you do something the better you get at it. I […]
How Did it All Start? Phase 3 – The Decision to Move Forward
Here I continue developing the complex answer to the basic question of “how did it all start?” To get the full benefit of this post […]
Death Suits You
A personal comment that blindsided me and came in the form of a very bizarre combination of 3 words* (in English). The Slideshow The computer […]
When Should I Come Out?
Last night I dreamt that a friend texted me saying that he knew someone that was trans and wanted to ask me “when should they […]
2 Year Deep Retrospect
I’ve always said that the word “transition” does not represent the way I feel because I don’t see my process as transitioning from one thing […]
Anniversary Season 2 Years After Starting My Process
This time of the year (September to November) is anniversary season for me. It’s a very special time because I remember the very first steps […]
Avoiding FFS Family Feud
When I made arrangements to have my FFS in Spain I thought I would be creating conflict between my family members. Thankfully I was able […]
4 Stages to Choose my FFS Procedures
Here I was at the end of March or the beginning of April 2016. I had met with a number of surgeons looking not only […]
Deciding Where to get FFS
After lining up consultations with a number of surgeons I was eager and nervous to meeting them. I wanted to know what procedures would benefit […]
My Decision on Getting FFS
When I made the decision to seek medical advice to start Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) I sort of knew that my decision included having some […]
Rejection or Abandonment
I knew some of my old friendships would not go with me when I made the decision to “transition”. What I didn’t know was who […]
Pondering Friendships Before Transition
Friendships were some of the most important considerations I had when I decided to “transition”. I first considered a point of view but suddenly got enlighten […]
MicroPost: “Transition”
Personally I never felt comfortable applying the word “transition” to me. It’s because I don’t feel I’m transitioning from anything to anything else. Having said that I […]