Chosen Names, Cis Women, and the Woodwork
In which Alice and Mia talk about chosen names, the perception cis women, joining the woodwork, hormones, and more.
Welcome to the collaborative writing and podcasting of trans-feminine authors Allison Washington & Miriam Suzanne — exploring gender and transition separated by a quarter-century.
Introducing Alice, Mia, and the (Trans)Gender Landscape
Episode 1 introduces the podcast and your hosts as they ask each other about their lives and walk us through some of their feelings and experiences.
Sex, Love, & Romance
“A few months into my gender transition I’m living full-time as a woman. I don’t have many guy friends, but my guitarist is one. Parting, I lean in for the cheek-kiss but he plants a good one right on my lips. His wife raises an amused eyebrow, Ha, well, I guess you two get to do that now.”
Shifting Nouns
“I’m standing here in a group of women, all strangers. They’re warm and kind, inclusive, as though I’m any other woman. Am I? I’ve seen myself in the mirror. I find me… disorienting. What do they see that I don’t? Why aren’t they laughing at me?”
Mothers, Fathers, Husbands, Wives
“Mother finds me at her wardrobe, in her pumps and pearls. What are you doing? Being a mommy. Are you, then? She clips on the earrings (they pinch!), reaches for her lipstick.”