I am, in some circles, fairly well known, because I've been online since there's been a line to be on, and I've written a lot of stuff. Because my life spans both public awareness of transsexuality (I was born in the year Christine Jorgensen made her debut) and the information age, it's been said to me that I should write a memoir.
I've begun that project a couple of times during the past ten years, but it's a lot of work, kind of stressful, hard to do without opening old wounds, and I'm not convinced it's worth the effort. So instead, I'm doing this kind of sort of autobiographical web comic, which is at least fun. (There's also some autobiographical content in my book Fragments of Gender.)
The title—Out of phase tomboy—refers to the fact that I've always known I'm trans, hence grew up out of phase with what I felt; and even today I don't really feel that I 'fit' into anyone's taxonomy of sex, gender or sexuality. And yes, I've always been a tomboy.
| A couple of self-portraits. |
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