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The Trans Girl's Guide to the Galaxy
Welcome
to The Dollhouse!
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


Reflections from the Recovery Room - Part 1: Till Death
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


Reflections from the Recovery Room - Part 3: On Sutures, Sisterhood, and the Girl in the Mirror
(Links to part 1 , part 2 ) On Sutures, Sisterhood, and the Girl in the Mirror Waking up the morning of surgery, I felt jitters. They weren’t the normal, pre-surgical, Oh fuck – I’m going under the knife, jitters that you might expect, either. These jitters felt like anticipation – what you might feel on Christmas Eve, as a five-year-old, hoping Santa got you the Barbie Dreamhouse you’d been asking for, for years (which I never got by the way – thanks mom and dad). It felt li


Reflections from the Recovery Room - Part 2: Goddess is a Female Version of a Hustler
( Link to part 1 ) Diva Goddess is a Female Version of a Hustler Immediately upon seeing his Bumble profile (PUKE), I was intrigued. For starters, his primary profile picture was a photo of him, doubled over, back to the camera, ass in the air, face between his legs. He had this goofy, wide-eyed gaze, and his mouth was fully agape, tongue stuck out at the camera. I have no idea why, but made me chuckle, and I continued perusing the profile. His bio was simple and read: Looki


Finding the E(strogen) in Me: A Six Month Retrospective
It’s been six months. Six months since first piercing my skin with the liquid gold that is Estradiol Valerate. Six months of growth: physical, emotional, mental, and otherwise. Six months of waves of dysphoria, followed by waves of euphoria, followed by new waves of dysphoria. And in this time, I’ve by no means unlocked the keys to self-actualization, but I can confidently say I have made some strides towards both getting to know myself and healing the wounds of not knowing m


A Letter to the New Grandchild
One of the more nerve-wracking aspects of coming out to the world as trans was the thought of telling my grandparents. Given the current sociopolitical climate and “debate” happening in the media about trans identities, coupled with the fact that my grandparents are in their late-seventies and mid-eighties, I think it’s only natural to feel some anxiety about sharing my news with them. When thinking back on it now, it feels silly that I had any apprehension leading up to comi


You're Gonna Make It, After All <3
An ode to my mom, Mary Tyler Moore, and red lace panties <3


Don We Now, Our Trans Apparel
My road to girlhood
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