Author: Talya

The world is wonderful, as in it is full of wonder. For me it is important to keep seeing the marvellous and amazing, to hold onto the awe those things create, and never take them for granted.

I remember as a little kid watching George Micheal’s “Too Funky”. Those gorgeous clothes, and gorgeous models; being absolutely entranced. In hindsight that was little Talya looking wide eyed at the screen. I’m so happy I now get to wear what I want and to learn what suits me, both inside and out.

One of the difficult journeys a Trans person goes through is pulling apart the weave of experience, preferences and social gender bias that made us, then re-weaving it into the new you. I find myself double guessing why I make certain fashion or lifestyle choices, there is always the spectre of gender stereotyping and worrying…

I did this mornings video last night. A few years ago I was so disassociated with my body, I seriously doubted I could pick myself out of a police line up. There is an indescribable joy at being able to look in the mirror and see yourself reflected back.

Hello you lovely people. I went to a Halloween party at The Boston in Northampton last night. Had an amazing time. Lots of fabulously dressed people. Was beaten in a costume competition by Princess Diana. The levels of extroversion Talya has would have left my old shell ‘white with fear’. At some point the 4…

This is the first proper post of talyamouse.com so lets see how it goes. I have talked about this during my videos for the Refuge challenge, but I thought it is such a core part of who I am, it would be a good first video.

This is the first live test. This video and a link to this blog post will be posted on my Facebook account, so lets see how this goes.

Its a test really. Want to see if I can blog and post video from phone

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