It's not just a Month • It's a Season
June 1, 2026 → Every year, once June 1 rolls around and much of North America is festooned with rainbows, I am reminded that, for various reasons (some good, some less-good), Ottawa's Pride does not take place until...
May 31, 2026 → That's all there is. One more week left at work. And I am so excited! The closer I get, the more the decades-long wait feels worth it. The closer I get, the more the navigating the system feels worth...
More of a Crawl, Less of a Sprint
May 30, 2026 → There is one more work week left until I am off. From the looks of it, I will be leaving the rest of my team in as good a shape as I possibly can. Which, really, is all I can ask for. Combined with ev...
Unexpected Delights of Community
May 29, 2026 → I don't know what I expected when Kathleen and I began to tell people about surgery coming up, but I certainly did not expect the reaction that we have been getting. It's hard to express it clearly as...
I don't know how you girls do it!
May 28, 2026 → As a trans woman online, it would be hard to miss that many other trans people really seem to enjoy before and after photos. On the left, they'll share an older pre-transition photo of themselves and...
May 27, 2026 → Since this is Charlotte's Blog ♥ and not Lottie's Tales of Woe, I must also share that we are excited for Montréal! Like, sure, the surgery is the main event (I. Cannot. Wait.) and things related to i...
It Definitely Isn't, But Sure Feels Like It
May 26, 2026 → Now that I am three weeks out from my surgery date, I have had to discontinue my HRT regimen. Of course, none of this came as a surprise (it's all over the information package you receive when you're...
Excitement Punctuated by New Discomforts
May 25, 2026 → As of today, I have two weeks to go at work and then I begin three months of leave for surgery. On Tuesday, it will be three weeks until the surgery itself. I find it hard to express just how excited...
If You Can't Name It, You Can't Fight It (2)
April 27, 2026 → While I was out and about after work today, I decided that, notwithstanding the risks, I would use the little machine at a local Shopper's Drug Mart to weigh myself. The last time I did was on March 4...
If You Can't Name It, You Can't Fight It
April 26, 2026 → "I'm just careful, that's all. I just want my surgery to be a success! I'm middle-aged, after all." "Okay, so maybe I have been restricting a little, but I'm not in any real trouble. It...