Atypical Trans Late Bloomer

I didn't expect to move as far as I did. I've ended up in the Poconos, wintering in an empty vacation house. Far enough that driving back to where I used to live is a two-day effort. Fortunately, I'm feeling pretty good and my therapist has agreed to work with me via phone calls every other week, so that knocks down the frequency. The phone channel isn't as good as in person, and it isn't as good as a video call, but at least we've got an established working relationship. I remember a few years ago, I was doing four therapy hours per week: one with my primary, sometimes two with my primary, another with my EDMR therapist, another with the therapist who was doing marriage work between my wife and I, and every other week there was a group session of men who'd been abused, generally raped. Those meetings were all very good for me, but the schedule was grueling. As a retired geezer with a car I could get to all of them, but if I was working fulltime, if I did...

On Jan. 6th, Ruth Graham (twitter @publicroad) tweeted in reponse to Charlie Camosy (twitter @ccamosy), an ardent Catholic and opponent to assisted suicide. This week brings a post in Aeon, What would you choose for a good death? postulates that a business opportunity might lie in helping people to die: consider a trendy boutique called Designer Endings , which will help you to stage your death event just like one might plan a wedding, and with a similar blizzard of options: a small event in the home with just a few friends and a quick transition, or a major event on a beach where the client feels a euphoric glow for hours before transpiring. The article talks about Capitalism having a penchant for making a business out of what was once free; why is dying free? Can't we offer an enhanced experience for those able to afford it? Can we bundle the dying with the funeral? I myself have considered a semi-assisted suicide startup. One problem with suicide is that, generally, somebo...

Queer people don't grow up as ourselves, we grow up playing a version of ourselves that sacrifices authenticity to minimise humiliation & prejudice. The massive task of our adult lives is to unpick which parts of ourselves are truly us & which parts we've created to protect us. — Alexander Leon (@alexand_erleon) January 7, 2020