Robbery and Kidnapping of Jaime
*This is a story about Jaime Combs. During the events presented Jaime had not yet transitioned from male. However, because of my personal bias, I will refer to Jaime in […]
Stop the Tucking
I honestly don’t what kids are calling it these days. It used to be SRS, sex reassignment surgery, and now it’s either GRS, gender reassignment surgery, or GCS, gender confirmation […]
Williamson Medical Center
I’d like to share a negative experience I had in your hospital emergency room on October 8, 2015. Enough time has passed that I’m no longer angry about it, just […]
Loss
Many are not aware of the extreme loss that transgender people face when deciding to transition. I lost my home, my wife of nine years, my dogs, all of my […]
I’m a Genius and I Know How to Read
On New Years Eve 2011, my life changed for the worse. I was rear-ended while a pick-up truck going in excess of 55 mph. From my frame of reference, the […]
17 Years Later
Things were bad. On July 2nd, 1999, the day after my birthday, the depression started hitting me harder and harder. At the time, I was 215 lbs. As the days […]
Carla’s Mental Health
I’m not perfect. I have issues. These issues are a constant impediment to my life. quantity and quantity of sleep constant drowsiness during the day and wakefulness at night debilitating procrastination […]
Highway Flasher
It was sometime early 1992, I was working in Little Rock, Arkansas near the river at a little electronic printing company, Electronic Imaging Services. I worked the late shift, by […]
Upper Cumberland Pride Speech
My name is Carla Lewis. Now if you live outside of the Knoxville and Maryville area, you probably don’t recognize my name. That’s where I lived from 2000-2014. During that […]
Hernias
I had just turned nine years old and was at the beginning of my summer break in 1980. Back then, having a nice golden tan was still en vogue. After […]