Since I’ve Been Gone…! I do not quite know how to start this, my first post in just over a year and a half… I could start with an apology. To you, whoever you might be, when reading this – perhaps you enjoyed my previous posts and have wondered why I am so quiet, orContinue reading “It’s Been A Hot Minute”
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Are Childless Women Condemned to be ‘Less Than Real Women’?
Pronatalism, Womanhood and Transphobia Trigger Warning for Sexism, Transphobia, Childlessness, Bullying, Harassment, etc. So, I learned about something new recently that has made my little brain-cogs twist and turn. It’s something that I was aware of, and I am sure will come as no surprise to many people. But I did not realise actually hadContinue reading “Are Childless Women Condemned to be ‘Less Than Real Women’?“
Wind on Alww Eitbhe – (Short Story Part 2 of 3)
Negari Aeythi is considered by many to be the most mature boy in his unit. To say that this is an achievement is really to over-estimate the abilities of the others, though, who more closely resemble a pack of feral dire-wolves than a cohesive Ghnootu fighting squad. This is unsurprising. Born out of a needContinue reading “Wind on Alww Eitbhe – (Short Story Part 2 of 3)”
Poem For Ukraine (Poem 25.2.22)
A tribute to the brave men and women of a beautiful country. The Breadbasket is burning…It wasn’t built to withstand tanksand gunsand missiles;A rich and fruitful historyis woven into its very fabric –a noble people reapedlike the harvests they sowed. Lies, layer upon layer upon layer…a reverse-styled nesting dollwhereevery layer is biggerevery layer is thicker,everyContinue reading “Poem For Ukraine (Poem 25.2.22)”
Wind on Alww Eitbhe – (Short Story Part 1 of 3)
To the Ghnootu people of Alww Eitbhe, there is one overriding principle to which everyone is expected to contribute: family. In any given circumstance, and for whatever reason, the needs of the family come first and foremost. Yet the family structures are unconventional, even for those in the Alw star system as a whole. TheContinue reading “Wind on Alww Eitbhe – (Short Story Part 1 of 3)”
I Want To Give You Flowers (Poem: 21.6.21)
Today marks my fifth wedding anniversary with my beautiful wife Helen, and so I thought it appropriate to share this poem that I wrote last summer for her. She’s my best friend, my soulmate and the best person I will ever meet! I want to give you flowers,at the beginning of the day;To show myContinue reading “I Want To Give You Flowers (Poem: 21.6.21)”
Trans-gressing in the World of Men
Before I transitioned, before I even knew I was trans, I found male spaces a real challenge to navigate. Before I transitioned, before I even knew I was trans, I found male spaces a real challenge to navigate. I have never understood the ins and outs, the appeals, the hooks of being ‘one of theContinue reading “Trans-gressing in the World of Men”
Sex on a Mountain
or The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Scenario (Fiction) “So? Do you want to have sex with me or not?” This was the question I was greeted with. Out of breath, dirty, sweaty, all manner of unattractive and she asks me that. And all this with one of the most beautiful vistas in Scotland spread outContinue reading “Sex on a Mountain”
Incognito
(Fiction) Tie straight, button done up and newly cropped hair neatly (ish) brushed, he stood up and walked to the door to welcome his new form class. As they walked in, beaming with every handshake and personal greeting, their stares and wonderment were tangible. Questions were hanging in the air, as they always are withContinue reading “Incognito”
‘Review’: J.K. Rowling and Anti-Trans Supporters
I know that this is ostensibly a review blog that I regularly forget to update (I’ll do something new soon), but with what I have to say in this I think that Facebook or a long and broken up tweet really just isn’t appropriate. So here it is. What follows is an edited and titledContinue reading “‘Review’: J.K. Rowling and Anti-Trans Supporters”
AHF Writes 