I am a transman: Danny's journey
Friday, 29 June 2012 – 12:44 PM
by Danny Ashton Earll
What is a transman? Danny Ashton Earll, a new contributor to Bent Alaska, shares the story of his life and journey as a transgender man in Alaska — and also shares resources he compiled for transmen during his reign as the ICOAA's Mister Gay Alaska 2011–2012.
http://www.bentalaska.com/2012/06/i-am-a-transman-dannys-journey/A transman: what is that? What does it mean? Well if you look it up in the dictionary it's not there. Trust me, I tried. My own definition of a transman comes from my own experiences and the best way I can define it is that a transman is a person who was born physically female but identifies as or takes permanent steps to become physically male. Sound simple enough right? Wrong. Being transgender, an umbrella term used to describe any gender identity other than fully male or fully female, is a difficult and often emotional journey.
My name is Danny, and I am a transman; I'd like to take you through my life and journey to share my experiences so hopefully the world can see that we're really not all that bad. In fact, sometimes we can be quite humorous.
I have known my whole life that I was different. At the age of four I told my mother that I was a boy not a girl; that didn't go over so well, especially since I grew up in a very religious home — we were Mormon.
