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I don’t always talk about all things trans
One of the critiques of being trans for me is that it is easy to get wrapped up in trans related content and trans centric circles. Personally I have tried to avoid this throughout most of my post-transition life, yet over the last two years I have found myself dragged back into the trans conversation due to the anti-trans sentiments in society. Yet, there is so much more to my likes and tastes than my gender identity. My personal anxieties about the state of UK society have flooded my writing, my thoughts, and reshaped my view of the world to the point that it has fundamentally altered how I am interacting with the world. Grounding myself in my hobbies and tastes has given me respite from these fears, the peace promised by transitioned has been doped by transphobic fears. So, it is a useful for me to look at what makes me tick, and share with you parts of me not always obvious in my online writing.
My first joy is history, something which I absorbed from my dad at an early age. Growing up in Medway history dripped from every building, from the imposing Norman Rochester Castle with some 940 years of texture and stories to the reimagined Chatham Dockyards perpetually changing as they adapt a 500 year old space for tourists. Dad’s passion became my own, a torch passed from him to me, something we share and both adore. It is the little things, the narrative touch, which I…
