Tag: transgender
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Circle Game
I almost never do this; write a post that I intend to publish immediately without worrying and overthinking about how to frame my thoughts. Nothing but a cursory edit. My dreams are sad and dark lately. Sad for my younger self as I navigate parenting my now adult child. I am sitting in a waiting room…
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I am a Gaslighting Hypocrite – On Politics
Jan 26, 2025 I feel like a horrible person who has been gaslighting a minority. I have spent the past few years trying to reassure my transgender child, who is now an adult, that just because people vote conservative for fiscal reasons it doesn’t mean that they agree with the social agenda put forth by…
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About This Blog
About This Blog The Interrobang Me Hard, Baby blog will cover the broad strokes of my life, in no particular order or category. I tend to narrate events in my head, particularly when things are stressful and I am searching for solutions or coping mechanisms, so I thought I would start writing these narratives down. Enough people…
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On Puberty Blockers
On Puberty Blockers February 2024 “At face value I don’t see a problem with waiting for kids to be age of majority for major surgery or drug treatments.” After Ruby came out as trans, I had a few friends and family who were curious and wanted to know my perspective on many issues. I appreciate…
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On Parenting a Transgender Child
On Parenting a Transgender Child February 4, 2024 The original intention for this blog was to present brief snapshots of my life that I thought would help others who might be experiencing similar issues. Parenting my child has been a journey that I never expected, and I knew when I decided to become a mom…
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What Goes Around…
What Goes Around… February 2010 Rage. I am feeling intense, roiling, nauseating rage but I can not show it. If I show an ounce of emotion I will be labelled a hysterical mom and no one will take me seriously. “Yeah, things are fine. It doesn’t really affect our lives at all.“ Rage. My husband…
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My Truman Show, Vol. II
My Truman Show, Vol. II May 2021 Lest you begin to think that the only interrobang moment is a negative one, I’d like to share a true “is this really real or I am being punk’d and where are the cameras” experience I had at work. I have the good fortune to be a teacher…
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My Truman Show
My Truman Show November 2020 Bad mammogram. One of the scariest phrases I know. My maternal grandmother, who I look like so much it’s uncanny, had breast cancer. I have always assumed that because we are so alike genetically, it is a foregone conclusion that I will get it one day.I’d had a follow up…
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