Light Through Trees

It was quite the day. Thank you text-to-speech Reddit story on a Minecraft parkour video. Anyway, I decided on my pronouns and my name on that day. I had also decided that I needed to get on hrt, which I got to a couple of months later.

Shout out to Tsambika, the world’s best electrolysis technician.

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There were a bunch of places I called trying to find an electrolysist that was willing to take a trans client prepping for bottom surgery, and I was kind of stunned to learn tons of places weren’t down with that, even salons that listed themselves as LGBTQIA+ friendly.

There’s something to be said here about the trans experience, but I’d rather focus on something positive. 

I don’t know exactly what makes one technician better than another, but I have to assume that one of the most vital elements is client comfort.  At no point in time has Tsambika ever made me feel awkward, ashamed, or anything even remotely less than positive during our sessions.

Each appointment is basically me hanging out and chatting with a friend.  That friend just happens to be repeatedly stabbing and electrocuting my genitals. 

…ok so I just made electrolysis sound like it’s a nightmare, but with good prep it really hasn’t been too rough for me.  Some lidocaine and acetaminophen an hour beforehand seems to do the trick, though your mileage may vary!

Whatever prep it is you do, the most important prep of all is finding the right electrolysist.  Tsambika is absolutely the right electrolysist for me.

Her name was Juniper Blessing, and she was just doing her laundry.

How it feels to be middle-aged in trans artist spaces.

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Uhhh. How'd that happen?