So an important part of discovering and navigating my gender identity has been holding discussions with myself. If you want to get real fancy about it, what I’m doing is applying the dialectical method to help me reason things out (Pro tip: If you don’t want to worry your friends and family use the phrase “Oh, I was just employing the dialectical method”, rather than the more worrying “Oh, I was just arguing with myself”.

Continue reading →

Hello there! I suppose I should start off this blog with a proper introduction. I’m TJ (They/Them), a human (or simulation, if that theory turns out to be true) residing somewhere in the American midwest (or some data center somewhere, who knows?). I mostly hang out in Mastodon – @ClearlyQueer@tech.lgbt – but stood up this blog for more long-form posts. Recently – In my 40s – I discovered that I’m queer.

Continue reading →