Aaron Embrey

Aaron Embrey

Falling into newness

I love the fall. The old is sloughed away to make space for the new. Nature is ready to rest, her cycle complete. This renewal doesn’t happen immediately; it happens in time. Nature cannot be rushed, and neither can the changes unfolding…

A Word About Organized Religion

I have no problem with organized religion. Okay, well, maybe I do… I little. I mean, personally, I certainly still struggle with my own issues born from an upbringing in a relatively fundamental Christian home that made me feel small…

today is a good day

I’m afraid I’ve all but abandoned The Butchelor in favor of other pursuits (mostly related to my “second transition“) ;)I’ve wondered a bit, lately, about the best course of action for this site…The Butchelor currently averages about 100 unique visitors everyday,…

FYI: Top Surgery Information

I had double-incision mastectomy + free nipple-grafts with Dr. Raphael at the American Institute for Plastic Surgery in Plano, Texas on August, 18 2010, and I really couldn’t be happier with the results.You hear a LOT out in the trans-interwebs…

an update…

I’ve seriously neglected this blog (and its followers), and for that I sincerely apologize.Lately, I’ve considered archiving this particular blog/URL and migrating over to Tumblr to continue documenting transition/trans* related stuff… (eh, to be determined).At any rate, there’s a LOT…

“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”~Anatole France I haven’t blogged in an entire lifetime.…

FYI: Binding Tips

My most popular post (by FAR) is 10 reasons that chest binding sucks balls. And with very good reason – the topic of binding is one that is widely searched and researched and discussed among transguys, genderqueers, androgynes, drag kings…

T Update: SIX WEEKS!

Okay, now that I got all of THAT negative, self-doubting crap out of my system 🙂 Here’s my update for six weeks!!I seriously can NOT believe how fast time is passing! It’s exciting (and scary – but I’m done talking…