Femulate: Today...

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Today...

Today is International Women's Day

As we prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day, our resolve to keep pushing for gender equality is stronger than ever. And we won’t stop until girls and women are equal everywhere.

That’s because equality is her birthright, enshrined in the UN Charter, but it isn’t her reality. Despite some progress, there is no place or part of life where a girl or woman has the equal rights or opportunities as a boy or man.

As a male woman, I am very sympathetic to these goals. While some might say that I possess “male privilege,” I would argue that male women are often treated worse than cisgender women, and I share the same yearning for equality that women seek.

Even when I lived much of my life disguised as a male, my natural femininity marked me as something less than a man, and I was treated accordingly by both men and women.

Living openly as a male woman has been an improvement. Being able to live as my true self, many women seem to embrace me as someone who has joined their team. At the same time, some men treat me even more poorly than they did when I was in my male disguise. I am sure many male women have had similar experiences and, like me, long for genuine gender equality.

Today is My Day

I turn 75 today and my family is throwing a party to celebrate the event. I am looking forward to the party, but something is missing. We will be celebrating my 75 years as a male – most of the attendees are not aware of my feminine side, so that side of me goes uncelebrated.

I have no interest in coming out to those who do not know. They are my nearest and dearest friends and relatives and I do not want to lose any of them if they react badly to my reveal. As it is, as we age our numbers are dwindling, so I do not want to lose anyone because of my “hobby.”

I will celebrate my feminine side alone. As in the past, I self-gifted my feminine side and will have a nice day out en femme real soon now.

And so it goes.