Tag Archives: Identity

Of Tokenism

Posted on July 18, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

I’m not even half-way into this program and there’s already talk of bringing me back next year as a TA. I suppose I should be flattered, but really, given the circumstances, I feel awkward more than anything else. You see, … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Canadian Identity

Posted on September 25, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

If you were to ask an English-Speaking Canadian what his nationality was at any point prior to the First World War, the overwhelming likelihood is that he would tell you that he was British. This is hardly surprising; for all … Continue reading →

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The Strange Case of Subject A

Posted on September 23, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

It has now been almost eight months since I came out, and if there is one thing that has surprised me about the reaction amongst my friends, it is how little of a reaction there has actually been. I guess … Continue reading →

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The Secret History of Jaime (Part 5): Crossdressing

Posted on August 23, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I first tried cross-dressing about a week after my eleventh birthday. I can’t recall precisely what motivated it: probably my growing fixation on the physical manifestations of femininity, though some of it was a form of private rebellion. I recall … Continue reading →

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The Secret History of Jaime (Part 4): Demographics and Biology.

Posted on August 23, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Due to a demographic anomaly, after Grade Three there were only five girls (not including myself) in my elementary school class (which numbered, in total, between twenty-five and thirty students through to the end of my time in elementary school). … Continue reading →

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How Many Times Must I Justify Myself?

Posted on July 14, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

My father has been in town for the past week or so; he was here primarily to play in a chess tournament so I have seen depressingly little of him, but it is the nevertheless the first time that we … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Gender Neutrality

Posted on July 1, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

While I am, for all intents and purposes, an “Out” transsexual woman, there are certain occasions upon which I take care to, if not hide my status, then at least downplay it. As I have touched-on before, I am not … Continue reading →

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Because Sometimes, It’s Important to Just Take A Moment To Sit Back and Think About Such Things

Posted on April 4, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

As I sit here writing this, there are mainstream political parties in advanced, first-world democracies who openly view my fundamental Human rights as being negotiable. There are entire mainstream religious groups who believe it is my richly-deserved fate to spend … Continue reading →

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More Gendering Issues

Posted on March 16, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I’m starting to wish that I could change my gender around entirely depending upon my mood. For the first few weeks after coming out, I was overcome by a sort of “gender euphoria;” at last, I had thought, I would … Continue reading →

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What’s In a Name?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Here’s the problem: I like my birth name. It’s very stately, very elegant, and suits my personality so well that it can virtually be used as an adjective describing the way that I behave. If it were a gender-neutral name … Continue reading →

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