K. Vale Nagle

Congratulations!

A digital drawing of my gryphonsona dramatically shaded with harsh black lines.

C'mon man, stop lurking in the darkness so the shadows dramatically wash out half of your face, man. Cmon.
[ #gryphon #gryphonsona #furry #furryart ]

That outfit is perfect =)

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Obviously, I am a very sleepy very real very human very being.

Of course! I wish I'd had someone to talk with long ago. Even now, selfishly, it helps me process things. And I think it helps us all feel less alone.

I just feel bad my brain is so fuzzy these days. I need IVIG to work faster so I can be insightful and helpful again =) Instead of a sleepy cat.

Glenn's beard is entirely based on whether he wants his family to look absurd for misgendering him... or if he wants to immediately look ten years younger by shaving it off =)

*hug*

It's funny, I couldn't have articulated why it was so important to me then. I suspect it was my dad or Justin Huish, male influences with long hair, that made my mom let me keep it long. But for me, it was just... important for ways I couldn't express.

My dad had longer hair (scars from cancer), but my mom/grandmother would shave my head if I tried to grow it out. I could have all female friends as long as nobody mistook me for them.

It was high school before they gave up. Though I had to keep it clean and tidy.

Glenn had extremely long hair as a teenager, and he always liked guys with long hair. But post transition, I can tell it bothers him a bit. Cis guys with long hair get misgendered all the time, of course, but it hits differently for trans men. So he cuts it if it gets to ponytail length.

In another sense, though, my hair has been long but not cut beyond cleaning it up since 2018. I've wanted a haircut badly, but girl cuts are expensive.

I have found long hair + low ponytail = extreme dysphoria for a lot of trans girls who had it as an egg, so I do avoid that.

Haircuts are such a big part of dysphoria for me. I was in high school before I had any autonomy over my hair, and a friend joked every one of my haircuts back then was the current lesbian style... except for one, which is actually the style now. I didn't even realize I was doing it, but it helped.

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A pencil sketch of a starling gryphon looking distressed. It’s feathers and tail are raised, mouth open, ears back. It reads “a vague and unnameable panic”

a vague and

unnameable

panic

"Is there anything else I need to know for watching your cats?"

Me: "When Indalecia says she's a detective, that is sort of a gender thing. But when Caliginous says she wants to be a prince, what she means is just that she'd like to inherit a monarchy."

Glenn: "There's extra kibble in the pantry."

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Maybe they worry about offending someone by implying they're shrinking?

My husband has had 5' to 5'4" measurements, so maybe this is just how it is. +/- 2 inches.

Askel, a whistling kite gryphon, holding celebratory fireworks at the Redwood Valley Eyrie, where he will never be invited back to.

Victory!

Graph of Vale's height that is specifically never 6'—6'4".

Tall Nurse at the research clinic, where I was wearing very tall shoes: "You look like you couldn't be taller than 6', MAX."

Short nurse at the doctor's office, where I was in sandals: "You look like you can't be any shorter than 6'4", MINIMUM."

They should invent a way to measure someone's height

This is me right now. Ugh, feel like I want to sleep for a week but I have got to get real exercise.

I can cheer it along, if you want!

I think that makes the updates go faster.

Oooh, looks great!

Oh my gosh, that is so cute!

Out of nowhere, my husband asked to play my WoW account last weekend. I felt bad that it had been inactive for months. I do usually play when I'm in pain, but I don't have money for the new expansion yet, so I'm holding off in protest of finances =)

quadrikeets

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Congratulations on your upcoming HRT!

Jobs are tricky, especially now. Take care of yourself, but I hope you can come out there, too.

I wonder if social transition phase one is internet strangers. Phase two is close friends. Phase three is family, and four is work.

Someone once said I had been their male role model, which feels awkward as a girl.

But let's be honest here. Men whose male role models are trans women are only in danger of one thing: become TOO awesome.

😼

(Though it's also a bit sad to think that my mom never considered being that role model? The pressure from church and friends about how "boys" really "need male role models" or they become criminals got inside her head, I think, as a single mom.)