So I have two tumblrs… this one and another- (fiftyninthstreetbridge.tumblr.com).  Because you can’t change your primary, anytime I want to answer a question or a reply, I have to do it with 59th street or anonymously.  To make a long story short, I now feel comfortable saying trans-related stuff on my primary blog.  I’ll repost the few that I feel like saving over there, and that will be the end of east of aron.

Come hang out at fiftyninthstreetbridge.tumblr.com!

ps. to each and every one of my (five!) followers, thank you, i’ll see you around.

brennando:

The only motivation I have to run and work out is to be in good shape for top surgery. Why is that my only motivation? Because I don’t feel comfortable doing so with my sand bags still attached. It is such a catch 22. I want to do it for surgery, but I don’t want to do it without the surgery. Meh. I know a lot of other people feel this way. I just can’t wait to have everything done and get out of this town.

I have the same problem.  I want my chest to look great when my (sand bags is a great word, btw) are gone, but I refuse to do any exercise that makes me conscious of them.  A pull-up bar is $15, and the movement (with push-ups) is GREAT for your chest and back.  Also, its so hard that you can really feel yourself getting stronger each pull-up (or push-up) you can add onto your sets. 

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tellmesomethingicantknow:

I have seen a lot of complaints from the FtM community about how being transgender is turning into a fad or trend, popular among the butch lesbian community. There have been many angry posts about how some guys are not “real” FtMs, or perhaps how this is simply a way for butch lesbians to avoid…

waxpapereyes:

Um, no? How is this empowering/helpful/a benefit, again? The romantic/sexual relationships I’ve had have been based various sorts of attraction - intellectual, emotional, romantic, sensual, sexual, etc. My trans* body is fucking awesome and to insinuate that none of my sexual partners have found me physically attractive just because I don’t fit a societal norm is deeply insulting (to me, to my partners, to trans* people in general and to everyone who has ever found a trans* person attractive).

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding something here, I hope so.

THANK YOU! Just because my body is a trans body does NOT mean that my partners don’t find me attractive.  This ‘benefit’ perpetuates the stereotype that the significant others of trans* people are with them despite our trans*ness and can’t love us for who we are- hot sexy people.

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delisubthefemmecub:

fagglet:

delisubthefemmecub:

soda jerk?

please get some reflective shades, add some stubble, and be george michael for halloween.

OH MY GOD YESSSSSSSS.  that photo is pure sex. and inspiration.

Sorry, I hope this works, I’m new to tumblr. But, here is your photo reply and… we’re hair twins!  I also had mermaid hair when it was long and have only recently been loving my curliness.  Huge fan of the bowtie and all of the chub-love.

in other news, i have to not wear my binder for at least three days because yesterday i was having some serious rib pain and i realized that my lung capacity is so low that i got winded coming up the stairs from the subway in union square.  i shouldn’t have worn it today, but i did, and now well, i have to take a break.  i feel really exposed in public without it, but i guess thats better than damaging a body i want to be healthy.

I sent the letter to my parents.  My mom called me the next day, full of love and support, although she seemed to think that this wasn’t really a change at all and mispronouned me a few times.  I gave her some info materials, so I’m sure with time, she’ll come to understand what I told her.  My father hasn’t spoken to me yet, but I think it might be a result of his supreme awkwardness.  My sister has the awkward gene too, so the high point was definitely my little sister’s text which made me tear up more than a little bit in the printmaking lab, “I LOVE YOU.”

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