Hope, Our Intersex Love Story, Poems, Relationships, Zen Buddhism

Poem: When Suffering ends, life ends too.

To have peace with suffering one has to realize that when suffering ends life ends too.   To have peace with suffering is to find peace in this fallible life in its entirety.  Not just praising our joys - but embracing our blood, sweat and tears, too.   Our very death becomes as sacred as birth. Our… Continue reading Poem: When Suffering ends, life ends too.

Cultural Dysphoria, Hope, My Intersex Story, Prejudice, Relationships

Is my husband a pervert?

A conversation starter: Was my husband at one time a person that could have been considered a "pervert" or a "chaser" for being curious and wanting to date me, and have sex with me, an intersex trans person? My answer is "yes". And yet, here we are thirty years later in the same marriage. Yet, today I… Continue reading Is my husband a pervert?

Human Rights, Intersex Awareness, United Nations

I was born perfect, and I am lovable. Thank you, United Nations.

I have joined my husband of twenty-eight years to make this message to the world for October, 26th, Intersex Awareness Day 2016.  After living for so long believing I was broken, I now know that I was born perfect and that I am lovable.  Thank you, my sweet husband, for loving me for who I am,… Continue reading I was born perfect, and I am lovable. Thank you, United Nations.