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Ask Matt: Men’s Restroom Etiquette and Masculine Voices
Below, we have two relatively unrelated questions about guy things, but I put them together because they’re short, and I was also hoping for reader ideas and suggestions. Here we go: A reader writes:...
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Ask Matt: It’s Okay to Be ‘Questioning’
A reader writes: “So I’m FAAB (female assigned at birth), I was a tomboy for some but not all of my childhood, and now that I’m in high school, I came out as genderqueer to my family and some friends a...
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Ask Matt: ‘I Can’t Transition Right Now’ Problems
Below we have three letters with a common theme: a desire to medically transition, the inability to do so, and the problems that can create. Each is a little different, so I’m hoping that readers will...
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Ask Matt: My Genderqueer Child Wants to Use Testosterone
A reader writes: “I have a question about how to support my teen daughter. She is 19 and decided this past year that she identifies as genderqueer, which she describes as ‘being neither male nor...
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Ask Matt: Do My Spouse’s Feelings About Hormones Matter?
A reader writes: “I was inspired to write by a question you posted recently from a parent asking about their genderqueer teenager. I felt like that teenager could have been me if I was born a couple of...
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Ask Matt: How Can I Believe That My Child Is Trans?
A reader writes: “I am a parent of a teenager who just last year, at the age of 17, shocked me with the announcement that she was transgender and would be starting the transition from FTM as soon as...
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Ask Matt: Inappropriate Family Responses to Coming Out
A reader writes: I’ve never felt like I fit in until I started to dress as a male at University a few year ago. Before I left University, I threw away my small collection of male clothes because I was...
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Ask Matt: Small-Town Transition Blues
A reader writes: “I’m a 16-year-old trans guy, and I came out to my mom two months ago, and my dad one month ago. They haven’t rejected me (I knew they wouldn’t), but they’re not on board with thinking...
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Ask Matt: Changing My Friends’ Perception of My Gender
A reader writes: “I recently started college, and I quickly came to the realization that I am transgender. I have been transitioning every way but physically (mentally, socially, etc.), and the process...
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Ask Matt: Binding Blues and Peeing Problems
A reader writes: “I’m in high school (Junior), but am very open about my gender identity (cross dress, bind, etc). At this point there isn’t a whole lot I can do about hormonal treatment or surgery. So...
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