The Purplepaw Blog

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Today I went to see the “Barbie” movie. I watched the glitter and the glamor, the dancing and the singing. I

07 July 2023 marked the first anniversary in my gender transition. By the time I reached puberty in the 1980s, I was aware I needed

We celebrate Father’s Day today in the United States. It is a day to consume wings and beer, make Dad Jokes, and enshrine the

I celebrated my 16th wedding anniversary this past weekend. When I awakened, I didn’t remember my anniversary immediately. I checked my phone, and my

Now that the Great Cake Topper Cleaving of 2023 is in the past, I reflected back on something I said to my wife while crying

I read a book yesterday about hooded eyes. Those not cursed with the affliction possess eyelids that span from lash line to eyebrow in an

I published an article last night in which I begged people for compliments. I asked shamelessly for the reasons people like me. I was hurting

New siding is being installed on our house this week, and I sense my life falling to pieces. Technically, only my wedding cake topper fell

In November, 2022, I wrote a list of Big Problems. But I don’t mean the Big Problems involved in completing my gender transition.

I

At the risk of writing what may appear to be a travel diary, I will recount the events of the past weekend. Not because the

A rather ordinary event occurred this week: I received an amended birth certificate from the State of California. It took almost five months, but I

Carl Jung liked transgender before it was cool.

I am currently working through Week One of the Artist’s Way course from Julia Cameron

I write poetry about once every two years. Sometimes a word, a phrase, will tumble out of my pen and connect with others, but it

Ask anybody — would you like to be happy? With the exception of one chemistry professor I knew (who was rumored to have said she “didn’

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Flower Drum Song” lies a campy little ditty entitled “I Enjoy Being a Girl.” Laying aside the questionable social

I turned 53 years old recently. The event was met with few accolades — at least from me. I try my best not to be celebrated

Although I came to adulthood in the 1980s, I grew up as a child in the 1970s, with all its attendant oddities and idiosyncrasies. As

Boxing — as a sport — consistently fails to capture my attention. I don’t want to watch people get punched in the face; I don’t

There are two realizations I made this week. First, I am not a woman. Second, I am not a father, and — by extension — not a

In the movie “The Invisible Man,” Claude Rains plays chemist Dr. Jack Griffin, who must wear full body wrap — hat, goggles, bandages, gloves, coat, boots