About us
In 2008 we published a book called Becoming Drusilla, words by Richard and pictures by Dru, which is the story of our friendship, and how we both lived Dru’s transition after she decided on gender reassignment.
An important part of what we learned is that the transgender story, for the sake of a recognisable narrative, is often misrepresented. Certainly Dru’s experience doesn’t conform to standard ideas of ‘before’ and ‘after’. That’s why we’ve made Being Drusilla, because the operation isn’t the end of the story.
We're still friends. Sometimes we think about transgender issues, and sometimes we don’t. Becoming Drusilla, as a book, is now an accepted resource for anyone unexpectedly involved in a transgender story. We hope Being Drusilla is equally welcoming, but in a clickable way. Life goes on. And that's a fact.
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Blogroll
- a unique cipher of anxiety and friendship
- Eventually Perhaps
- Large Blooming Flower The thoughts of a transgendered woman within a near-giant-sized bloke
- Musings of an (I) T Girl
- Natasha Curson – a trans history
- nixwilliams different genders for different benders
- Time Regained
Author Archives: Dru
tilting at windmills
My previous post was inspired by concern over a proposed amendment to the Bristol Labour Party’s Motion on Women’s Representation, to remove self-definition and self-declaration from the qualifying conditions for being a woman in the eyes of the Party. As … Continue reading
trans people: what do you really want to know about them?
I’ve been talking with a Bristol friend lately about the current onslaught (or ‘debate’ if you prefer) on trans people in the media; indeed, it seems to be happening all over the place, including among Labour Party members, some of … Continue reading
some new books
First off, Drawn Chorus, an alphabet of birds in poems and pictures. It’s the first book that’s all my own work. And it’s about birds. And people, I suppose. Maybe writing about birds can tell you something about people too, … Continue reading
continuously cruising
Richard was commissioned by International Literature Showcase to write on the subject of ‘crossing borders’. And here is his article, about life on the Kennet and Avon canal.
hot off the press
Richard’s new book, The Day That Went Missing, was finally published last month. It is a good and intense read: 0n a family summer holiday in Cornwall in 1978, Nicholas and his brother Richard are jumping in the waves. Suddenly, … Continue reading
getting known for what we do rather than what we are
The morning after Trump became president of the USA, I did this little picture as a response (Britain already being a more openly racist place since the Brexit referendum). It went viral somewhat. Look, t shirts even! A friend commented … Continue reading
telling our story
There is, as we say above, just getting on with things. That was the whole idea behind the Being Drusilla blog, to show that the trans story doesn’t reach a happy-ever-after conclusion when the crucial waypoints have been passed; transition, … Continue reading
surgery
Juliet Jacques has written up her experience of Sex Reassignment Surgery at Charing Cross, in the Guardian. Which got me remembering my own experience, which I’ve added to the resources section of this blog.
shooting yourself in both feet
Paddy Power, the Irish bookmakers, pride themselves on the edginess of their advertising. And they’ve struck paydirt with their latest, in which we are invited to play Spot The Tranny (or, as they put it, ‘tell the stallions from the … Continue reading
This is the occasional joint blog for Dru Marland and Richard Beard. Here are links to their own blogs Dru’s, Upside Down In Cloud (click on image) Richard’s blog (again, click on image)
Being Drusilla 