Most people who read my blog know that I often go out as a woman. You may be tempted to think that I am an extrovert. While this is true, the fact is that when I am out en femme, I am usually not that eager to interact with people in general. When I go   Read More …

Through some friends on Facebook I came across a very nice blog at femulate.org. This website gets close to 8,000 views every day, and my trans friends are often sharing blog posts on their Facebook timeline. The blog’s owner, Stana, is a terrific writer (much better than I will ever be!), and she has so much   Read More …

April has got to be the most productive month in recent memory.  The month is barely half way over, and this is already my 5th post.  Not that too many people are reading them anyway.  When I wrote about my “outdoor adventure” with my friend Randy earlier this week, I didn’t mention two curious observations.   Read More …

I was at work this morning, and a young woman dropped by my office to talk to me. Apparently she was representing CUPE, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, who had been talking to post-docs about the benefits of unionizing. I am generally not very involved with organized labour, so I wasn’t that interested in   Read More …

A reader of my blog pointed out to me a few days ago that the famous fashion designer Kate Young has designed a line of dresses for Target. That fact was quite amusing since we have the same name…The “look book” on Target’s website have some really nice “Kate Young for Target” dresses that can   Read More …

I want to quickly update small changes to my website.  On the right hand side, there is now icons for Twitter and Flickr.  Yes, I now have a Twitter account, and while I have had a Flickr account for almost 10 years, I have never linked it to my website until now. So, please, try   Read More …

I was in the process of writing another post on a completely harmless topic, but had to put it on hold when work got busy last week. Before I could go back to writing, the Easter weekend came along, and it was no ordinary weekend… On Good Friday night, I went out on the “late-night   Read More …

My first “I Want-To-Be-Like-Her” award goes to the actress Alice Eve. The Internet is full of pictures of her, if you Google her name you will find thousands of them. Among those pictures, there are a lot of overtly glamourous pictures, “red carpet” photos at various media functions for her movies, and also screen captures   Read More …

This time last year, I wrote about my minor good fortune for winning a lot of free drinks during Tim Hortons’ Roll Up the Rim to Win promotional contest. As promised, I gave away most of my winnings to homeless people that I met on the streets of downtown Toronto.  I say “most,” because there   Read More …

I’m convinced that since so many people have expressed their own opinions on this topic, there is no urgency for me to add my two cents.  But then again, it bothers me a bit that I haven’t yet said anything on the topic. The issue is one that transgender women know so much about, because   Read More …