Hello everyone! First off, the basics. My name is Kit McGee. I am 30 years old (as of writing), genderfluid/transfeminine, and Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB). I am a parent of two children and have two dogs as well. I am a trail runner, snowboarder, and hiker, plus I have a few hobbies at home. I am a Systems Engineer specializing in flight controls safety (you may notice some technical writing tendencies in my style). I am blogging this, as I want to share my experiences, hoping that they will inform, encourage, and maybe entertain some people.
My inspiration for writing about my experiences come from many of the interviews I have read with trans runners. I have found them inspiring, but I’ve been wanting to find more information about what it is like to transition as a runner. At the start of this blog, I have been on a feminizing hormone therapy regimen for about 9 months. It’s been a slower transition compared to others, partially intentionally partially due to just how my body has responded to the hormones.
My experience has been that I feel different genders more in different aspects of my life. When I run, I feel more feminine. When I’m doing physical work, like building a fence, I feel more masculine. When I’m with my children, I still feel strongly that I am dad, which may or may not carry both feminine and masculine feelings. When I’m hard focused on work, I don’t feel attachment to either gender. I desire a more feminine body, which is why I started the hormone therapy, which I feel lets me have more freedom in how I choose to be at any time.
As a runner, the hormone therapy has brought about definite changes. My testosterone levels have dropped which has slowed me down a little, although it hasn’t come down to common female levels, so this is something I will write about in the coming months. There have also been the challenges of finding clothing that fits the way my body has changed, as well as reflects how I feel in my gender. One example of this challenge is finding a sports bra that fits a broader chest (AMAB people who went through puberty in their assigned gender have a different shape to their rib cages), supports smaller breasts, but also doesn’t compress them and make me look like a man if I don’t want to.
So I’ll be writing a lot about how my gender, transition, and favorite outdoor activities interact. I will also write some clothing and gear reviews that hopefully can help people out with navigating transitions and their own bodies, or just finding feminine designs that fit their bodies. Finding clothes that both fit my body and who I want to be has been a challenge at times, so I hope that these will help others out.
Expect me to share some of my other favorite hobbies for some added fun. At home I’ve tried to start some gardening projects that I can do with my kids. My son loves watering plants and trying to plant new flowers in the flower box I’ve built. In addition, I paint miniatures while he colors or paints his own art. My youngest meanwhile just started walking and wants to play with anything they can get their hands on.
My spouse and I like to take the kids out to parks and beaches together. With the kids and the pandemic, it’s hard to get a lot of time for us to do activities on our own together. In the past (and hopefully in the future) we’ve done a lot of hiking and some orienteering. There will be more orienteering events to write about, as it’s great fun!
I’ll write more specifics about all these topics as the time comes or as people send me questions, but now you know a little more about me.