Lacking on the first of the month updates, but I’m here now and figured I’d write about what’s up. Figure I’ll cover the updates on PTSD, then projects, and finally go into a bit about how I identified my weakness and my thoughts on it (related to superstimuli mentioned earlier). The very good news is [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, kickboxing, The Lady General, Transsexuality
Filed under: Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary

This is going to be a short entry. Something has come up, and I need therapy and help outside of what this blog can provide. It’s also one of the few times that I’m not comfortable discussing things here. So I have been quiet. I feel gripped, I can feel it choking me and I’ve [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Avatar, Transsexuality
Filed under: Jade's Diary, Transsexuality

From The Independent UK: “India’s ‘Third Sex’ Win a Measure of Public Acceptance” A friend passed this article to me this morning and I thought I’d do a quick comment on it; both in regards to the Hijra’s progress specifically as well as it’s reflection of wider themes. While far from perfect, as one woman [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Gallae, Hijra, Transsexuality
Filed under: Transsexuality

While this reading break hasn’t exactly meant me getting any real work done, either side projects or one of the five essays due in short order; it has been interesting. I’ve been trying to fight feelings of isolation, and am still somewhat unsure about what to do now after things fell through with my original [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Carmen, Cybele, Mass Effect, Starcraft, Street Fighter IV, The Great Goddess, Transsexuality
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary, Transsexuality

I think I’m doing alright, certainly better than I was. It’s been a while since I covered anything not particularly nerdy, if for some reason you subscribe to the Jade n’ Jade Show (presented by Jade) first, thanks for reading; second, sorry for the nerdy StarCraft bit. It’s out of my system now, I’ve hit [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Jacuqline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy, Starcraft, The Great Goddess, The Lady General, Transsexuality
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary, Transsexuality

Today felt like a long-time coming, the first day I saw a cissexual talk respectfully about transsexuality in front of a large group of people. I was pleasantly surprised to find my sociology prof decided to cover sexual orientation, intersex and transsexuality in class. I didn’t get my hopes up when the outline mentioned gender [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Transsexuality
Filed under: Transsexuality

I was doing a radio interview yesterday, one which unless they give me an hour of free time to truly address trans issues, I won’t agree to again. Off air (most of it was off air fortunately) we had a brief discussion about who I was, in terms of if I was transgendered or transsexual. [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, Cybele, Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy, The Great Goddess, Transsexuality
Filed under: Jade's Diary

Rita Hester was described by friends and family as “an incredibly vivacious, outgoing woman”, a performer, and loved member of her community. An out trans woman for ten years, Rita had built a wonderful life and was living in a way many of us can still only dream of. On November 28th, 1998. Rita was [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Transsexuality
Filed under: Transsexuality

Last November 4th was my sex change, making this the one year anniversary. I’m glad to be here than there. One year of being post-op, and one year of being Cybele’s Gallae. (I guess this would be my ‘Re-birth day’) It’s been interesting. To just think back about what’s happened… A relationship ended, a new [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Gallae, The Great Goddess, Transsexuality
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary

A few days ago I did an IAMA on Reddit. It turned out pretty well, for those interested the link is here. It’s titled “I am a post-op transsexual woman (male to female) in my early 20′s”, I figured I would give it a shot and the response was great. It also led to me [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Transsexuality
Filed under: Transsexuality