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Ask Matt Briefs: Short Questions, Short Answers
The Ask Matts are accumulating again, so we have a column of briefs, more substantial than what is in my own. A reader writes: “I am transitioning and I have decided that I don’t want testosterone...
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Ask Matt: Reaching the Trans Community for Physical Fitness
A reader writes: “I am a personal trainer and group exercise instructor in Palm Springs, CA. I may be a bit naive, but I have a feeling that the transgender community may be underserved and unnoticed...
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Ask Matt: Hormone Roundup
I have recently gotten several questions about hormones, so I decided to put them together in a (slightly long) post. I’m hoping that my readers can pitch in with their thoughts. So here goes: A reader...
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Ask Matt: The Dread of Asking for a Date
A reader writes: “I’m a straight 21-year-old female-to-male transsexual (been transitioned for nearly three and half years) and I’ve been trying for the last year to get back into the swing of dating...
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My Annual Holiday Genital Humor
My Christmas/Yule Tree Last holiday season, I posted my version of a classic Christmas carol, and a reader suggested that I make it an annual thing, like my Thanksgiving poem. It made sense to me, so...
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Ask Matt: Male or Female – How Do I Decide?
The following two questions are actually quite different, but there was enough of a connection that I was able to pair them under the same headline. So to keep the Ask Matt questions from getting too...
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Ask Matt: We’re Teens, She’s Trans, What To Do?
A reader writes: “I’m a teenage girl and I’m currently attracted to a trans person who is biologically male but identifies as female. I’m completely fine with it, and she and I are interested in...
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Ask Matt: Talking to My New Love About Her Transition
A reader writes: “I recently met a wonderful person and we’ve begun dating. The first time things between us became sexual, he told me that he has gender dysphoria and is currently taking female...
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Ask Matt: Reader Input Needed on Trans-Guy Questions
I have received several questions from trans guys that I am unable to answer fully or at all. I’m hoping that readers can chime in, point to resources, and provide their own knowledge and experiences....
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Ask Matt: On Looking Male
Today we have a couple of letter related to “male” appearance and expression. I now turn it over to the writers. A reader writes: “I was looking back on an old post where you stated trans guys all...
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The Best of Tranifesto: Don’t Worry, Ke$ha. I Don’t Want to Date You, Either
So far, The Best of Tranifesto has featured my blog’s most viewed post of all time and most commented post of all time. This week, we have the second-most-viewed post of all time. I’m not sure that...
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The Best of Tranifesto: Ask Matt: In Bed with a Trans Man
2010 must have been a banner year for Tranifesto, because, so far, all of my top-viewed posts of all time have come from that year. This is the third-most-viewed blog post on Tranifesto during the life...
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Ask Matt: Can a Penis Save This Relationship?
A reader writes: “I’m writing to you because my heart is broken by the situation that the man I love and I find ourselves in. We have been involved, on again, off again, for seven years now, and the...
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Ask Matt: Would a Genderless World Affect Transition?
A reader writes: “I’ve been thinking about gender roles and how most of them are created and imposed by society. I believe our behaviour could be ‘genderless’ if we didn’t have these external...
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Ask Matt: Is My Friend ‘Genuinely’ Trans?
A reader writes: “The child of a friend of ours is a 22-year-old trans girl who does not seem to fit the usual ‘trapped in the wrong body’ gender dysphoria profile. X suffered from extensive depression...
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Ask Matt: Appropriate Actions for Allies
Below, we have two letters regarding allies (the second one is a stretch, but I figured it could loosely go with an “Ally” theme). And here they are: A reader writes: “I am a cis teenager who tries her...
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Ask Matt: Relationship Round-Up
Below, we have three different relationship issues. I’m hoping that readers can help out. Here goes: A reader writes: “I am a bi woman who has recently struck up a relationship with a person I thought...
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Ask Matt: How (and Who) Should I Date?
A reader writes: “I’m 25. I’ve been questioning my gender identity since I was in my teens, and for the last few years I’ve identified as genderqueer. “Being male feels more natural to me than being...
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Ask Matt: Nathan Verhelst and the Choice of Euthanasia
A reader writes: “I just read this extremely sad news about a transman in Belgium who chose to end his life (legally) after a series of unsatisfactory gender-confirming operations “I wondered what your...
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Ask Matt: Tired of Being Trans
A reader writes: “I have a question that has led me to understand why some trans* individuals choose to take their life, and I want to see what others say about it. “I was very aware of my body for the...
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