PASSPORT STUFF

the longer i'm on hormones, the less likely i am to have trouble with being misread - or even noticed - by people, which makes travelling a lot less stressful in many ways (the 'passing privilege' i mentioned in my previous post). however, at the moment and for the foreseeable future, i am not able to get my passport changed to show an M rather then an F in the 'sex' category. this is because the passport people need to see and altered birth certificate, and to get your birth certificate altered in victoria, technically you need to have an hysterectomy as part of your transition (obvs this is for trans guys). some people are able to get through with top surgery, but the state wants it to be sterilisation.

and so travelling is still a bit of a stress. my tickets are booked under 'mr', i generally get read as a guy, my passport says 'f', but it also uses my old name as my second name (which i'm going to post about at some point in the future - the benefits/issues of doing this). it's becoming increasingly ridiculous that i have to travel on a female passport, and it annoys me. even with the new 'relaxed' regulations, i can't change it permanently without getting sterilised. the sterilisation personally doesn't bother me, but i resent that i have to do it, when really i'd just be happy (heh) spending however many thousands on top surgery and not spending more on more surgery.

i know i talk about this a lot, and i know i keep repeating myself, but if you get sick of hearing about it think about how sick i get of living with it.

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in totally unrelated things, dudewatchin' with the brontes is one of the lol-est things i've seen all day. ALSO, the harry potter film was much more fun than i expected. also, also, DB and i have been together for 7 years today!!!