Hi Divas! Thanks for visiting The Trans Girl's Guide to the Galaxy, my little landing spot for some of the personal essays I've penned as I navigate life as a transgender woman in her late-twenties. Whether you just come for a visit, or stay for the journey, I'm happy you're here. <3
Chapter 1: The Surgery Chapter 2: The Dilation Chapter 3: Margaux’s First Period All names changed to protect the innocent. Except Sarah, whose name is actually Sarah, and who is not innocent, in the slightest – but who also deserves all the named credit in the world. Love you bitchhhhhhhhhhhhh. Coming out of surgery, I expected to feel immediately changed, new, reborn. I figured I’d awaken from my drug-induced slumber and feel some new sense of womanhood – but the truth is,
No one prepares you for what it feels like when your husband looks you in the eye and confirms what you’ve been worried about for over six months, what you’ve lost sleep about for over six months, what you’ve felt shameful and guilty about for over six months – that he doesn’t - no, sorry – that he can’t convince himself to love you anymore, at least not how he used to. What’s worse – no one prepares you for what it feels like when the source of the falling out of love is