The price of change?
January has been one of the more mentally exhausting months, as far as living inside of my transness goes, in a while. If you are an internet junkie like my fiancee and I, you’ve probably ...
“Community”
“We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been-a place, half remembered, and half envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we ...
how an apology from someone I had never heard of left me in tears
I had never heard of Bill Corbett until two weeks ago. There is no doubting my credentials as an adventurous explorer of culture, but no map is without a few dragons. In my case, one ...
Fighting self harm and dealing with my demons (TW: Self-injury terms)
On a quest for complete self love, self-confidence, and internal peace…relapsing into a depression, even if just for a moment, is the most disappointing thing for a survivor. I’ve experienced so many days during the ...
one fine day
My life, italicized to acknowledge my projection of agency in this case, clearly recognizes that Monday morning through Friday evening is far too consumed by work to allow much opportunity for the kind of life ...
Personal Review: Philadelphia Trans* Pride Conference (PTPC)
*** Submitted by Kaden Michael, from EverythingTrans.org *** The Philadelphia Trans Health Conference (PTHC), put on by the Mazzoni Center, was in full effect for it’s 11th year from May 31st to June 2nd. With ...
Who’s Dictating Your Life? – Honest Reflections
People often ask me, “Noah, what was your defining moment?”. Now, I recognize that this is a very loaded question, but every time someone approaches me in need of guidance about their transition and the ...
Transchat and People of Color – Part 2
Part II: Lessons Learned In Part I, I talked about the failure of the Transchat on the experiences and priorities of trans people of color. It’s just as important to note, however, some of ...
Daily Affirmations: 5/13/12
Your Daily Affirmation: I release the need to prove myself to anyone as I am my own self and I love it that way. I embrace good karma, light, and love in my life. . ...
Transchat and People of Color – Part 1
Transchat is in a period of transition. What began as a few friends on Twitter looking for a convenient way to chat with each other about trans stuff has grown into a major gathering place ...
Awareness is Death.
Awareness is Death. My friend Janet Mock says that claiming your truth is not only a gift to others, but it is a gift to yourself. I have experienced the gift of truth in ...
Deal With Your Anger!
Hey guys, Noah here. I did an awesome video for My Queer Testimony on Tumblr that I wanted to share with my We Happy Trans family. We as a commmunity and as individuals need to ...
Daily Affirmations: 4/15/12
Your Daily Affirmation: “I have complete control over my thoughts and my actions. I may face difficult circumstances ahead but I am properly equipped to handle them through the power of my mind.” ***** ...
On “Going Full-Time” – Part 6: Finale
Part 1: Prelude Part 2: Moving Towards Part 3: Seamless Part 4: Birthday Gift Part 5: Sacrifice In order to make my personal decision a public act, to honor the transformation I had undertaken, to ...
Daily Affirmations: 4/13/12
In times of stress its always beneficial for our minds to communicate a different message to our bodies other than worry, panic or anxiety. Dis-functional thinking can worsen your stress, the situation, (or even an ...
A Personal Moment – with Noah of We Happy Trans
Noah digs deep and reflects on his purpose and his passion as the essence of who he is, and shares about his rocky past and embracing a brighter future.
On Going “Full-Time” – Part 5: Sacrifice
Part 1: Prelude Part 2: Moving Towards Part 3: Seamless Part 4: Unreturnable Gift [penultimate in a series exploring events that led up to my transition announcement.] Two weeks after I had inadvertently “gone full-time”, ...
Jen’s Announcement
[Note: the following post was created to supplement my transition announcement, which read as follows: To you, all my friends, family and colleagues, I am writing to share a personal transition with those of you ...
On “Going Full-Time” – Movement 3: An Unreturnable Gift
Part 1: Prelude Part 2: Moving Towards Part 3: Seamless My birthday was January 30th. As a kind of gift to myself, I wore all women’s clothes to work for the first time. A pair ...
On “Going Full-Time” – Movement 2: Seamless
Part 1: Prelude – Ritual Part 2: Moving Towards After beginning HRT, I started a gradual process of coming out as trans. I mindfully changed my appearance slowly. I would occasionally wear women’s jeans while ...
On “Going Full-Time” – Movement 1: Moving Towards
Part 1: On “Going Full-Time” – Prelude: Ritual [Special Note: in the prelude to this entry (link above), I discussed how transition is a space particularly conducive to ritual. I recognize that this idea is ...
On “Going Full-Time” – Prelude: Ritual
[I began a post on the topic of going "full-time". Stricken by logorrhea, I think it best to break it up into a few parts. Stay tuned for more.] I like ritual. Fundamentally, ritual concretizes the ...
An Informal Introduction
I am so thrilled to be writing this blog for all of the WeHappyTrans readers. After having coffee the other morning with lovely WeHappyTrans founder, Jen, here in Chicago, I knew that I wanted my ...
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