Trystan Craigo and Connor Woodward
Recorded
June 18, 2023
Archived
June 18, 2023
34:46 minutes
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Id:
mby022819
Description
Friends and members of Out Loud Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus Trystan Craigo (47) and Connor "CJ" Woodward (62) come together to reflect on their experiences transitioning to male later in life.Subject Log / Time Code
Trystan Craigo (TC) remembers realizing he wanted to transition to male later in life.
Connor Woodward (CW) shares his pre-transition journey of becoming a wife and mother before he understood that he was a trans man.
TC remembers people thinking he was a guy in online chat rooms in college and loving that feeling.
TC describes the dysphoria he experienced looking at himself in the mirror during puberty.
CW reflects on the freedom of self-expression he feels now as a trans man.
TC explains the restrictive binary requirements for a "sex change" back in the 1980s and 1990s.
TC recalls the dysphoria he felt hearing his voice on a recording when he was younger, describing how he felt like a different person was speaking.
TC reflects on how coming out as polyamorous was harder for him than when he came out as bisexual and transgender.
Participants
- Trystan Craigo
- Connor Woodward