An open letter to New Balance

Posted on October 30, 2013 | 5 min read time

New Balance, we have to talk, okay? Over the last fifteen years, I’ve gladly given you a lot of money. I’ve owned somewhere around 50-60 pairs of your shoes. That sounds like a lot to me too, but fifteen years ago, I decided I didn’t want to buy other brands of sneakers anymore. You guys made your shoes in the US and denounced sweatshop labor. I was young and idealistic at the time so this was all it took to sell me. [Read More]

For a year and a half, I've essentially been a superhero with a secret identity

Posted on October 29, 2013 | 6 min read time

I made my decision to transition a year and a half ago and I can say without any hesitation that it’s been the second best experience of my life, with only marrying my wife ahead of it. Transition has changed my life and how I feel about myself in ways I don’t have words to describe. However, that doesn’t change the fact that transition can be complicated and challenging and sometimes you’d give anything for it to just be over. [Read More]

Today I come out at as trans at work

Posted on October 28, 2013 | 7 min read time

After 30 years on this planet, a year and a half of transition, seven months of hormones, and four months of working with HR, I can’t believe the day is here, but it’s finally time to come out at work. In just fifteen minutes, I’ll be heading into a meeting with my manager to tell him I’m trans and I am transitioning. As soon as I walk out of this meeting, I will be sending an email to my entire company telling them the same. [Read More]

How I came out to my wife's friends

Posted on October 27, 2013 | 3 min read time

Tomorrow, I will be coming out as transgender at work and I will be posting the letter I’m sending to my coworkers here, but a few days ago, my wife and I finally told the remainder of her friends about my transition. Unlike my friends, we’d been keeping it a secret from her friends. Anyway, I wanted to share the letter I sent to them. Hi everyone, there is something I am really excited about and wanted to share with you. [Read More]

Moving way out of your comfort zone

Posted on October 25, 2013 | 7 min read time

I’ve lived in New Jersey my whole life. BORING! Don’t get me wrong, I have an intense love for this state for a thousand different reasons, but there’s more to the world than just New Jersey. I didn’t exactly plan to be here forever, it just happened. After college, I thought a lot about moving to Chicago. I had been there once with a few friends and had one of the best times of my life. [Read More]

Mid-October marathon training update

Posted on October 17, 2013 | 3 min read time

Now that the excitement seems to be over regarding the Todd Kincannon affair, I should probably write some sort of running related update here, shouldn’t I? There are just 29 days until the Richmond Marathon and I’m officially in that stage of training where I’m looking at the calendar, looking at my legs, and then looking back at the calendar again saying “there’s no way I’m going to be ready for this thing! [Read More]

What happened when I publicly called out long-time bigot Todd Kincannon for saying transgender people should be "put into a camp"

Posted on October 16, 2013 | 4 min read time

I really wanted to write about running today. I haven’t written about running in a little while and the promise of this blog was write about both running and trans stuff. Unfortunately, sometimes other things come up that need to be written about… Former South Carolina GOP Executive Director Todd Kincannon is no stranger to causing controversy and spewing hate. He has a long history of this. However, this week, he has upped the ante with the suggestion that transgender people should be rounded up and put into a “camp. [Read More]