About

Who am I?

I’m a cool kid-sized adult, small enough to fit into most tight spaces, making me portable and efficient. By day, I work at a small tech startup. By night, I moonlight as a transgender advocate and educator. Basically, I stare at a computer screen… a lot.

I have the most amazing significant other. In our free time we read LGBTQIA books, watch transgender-themed movies, and once in a while make the trek over to the local rock climbing gym. We’ve miraculously managed to wake up at 7am twice a week to go to yoga class – for an entire year two years! My addictions are chocolate of the dark variety, HGTV (we finally got cable!), and drumming on Rockband.

I’m Micah. Nice to meet you.

Where am I?

This is my main web home, but you can find me crawling around Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. So pick your social network of choice and follow me! RSS Feed RSS

Physically, I am located at name-a-cool-coffee-shop-with-wifi in San Francisco, California, U-S-of-A. Originally I was born and raised in Mexico City, and yes, I know I don’t look Mexican.

What is Neutrois?

You’re here reading Neutrois Nonsense, and you probably know what nonsense is (or at least think you know) but Neutrois is still a befuddling and mysterious word. Neutrois is my gender, and this is how I explain it.

My Transition

Two years ago I began this blog to start documenting my gender transition as a non-binary identified transperson, but since then my writings have evolved into so much, much more. Nevertheless, a hefty number of posts outline the path I’ve taken. My journey is still a work in progress – join me for the ride!

A Few Definitions

To fully understand my identity, you probably also need to be familiar with some particular labels, each with its own particular explanation. Just in case you are new to this whole LGBTQ or Transgender or Asexual or Whatever world, you can start with this short list of terms, then move on to questions and clarifications of more specific terms.

FAQs

You still have unanswered questions, and I have lots of answers (or at least pretend to). There’s a little FAQ section here, and you can check out the Resources page as well, or you can simply Ask me a question.

Contact

Feel absolutely free to contact me anytime. No contracts or hidden fees. Email me micah AT neutrois DOT me.

28 responses on “About”

  1. Hey, I just wanted to say that I just discovered your blog, and I absolutely love it. I also want to congratulate you on your surgery going so well, and I hope you’re feeling better.

  2. Oh, I forgot to ask: Would you allow me to make a link to your site? I really do enjoy your blog, and I would love to recommend it to others via my own blog. Pending your approval, of course.

    • Hi Meike – I’m very glad you found the blog and you’re enjoying it. Of course, feel free to post links to it anywhere else, or reference it in any way. I guess the whole point of it is to share the information for others, just like they did for me. Also ask me any questions anytime!

  3. Wow!!! I LOVE your open honesty all over the internet promoting and trying to educate about non-binary genders. I’ve only recently heard of the term “neutrois,” and pretty much instantly fell in love with it. While I can’t say that I’m neutrois, there’s something extremely attractive about it as a gender identity that fits me better than anything else I’ve heard. Thank you for sharing. THANK YOU! I’ll be sure to check back regularly :)

    • THANK YOU for your very kind words. I’m glad you stumbled onto something useful (and a little concerned that I’m all over the internet, but I guess that’s good right?).

      Neutrois is a tricky word with lots of definitions floating out there, so take from it what fits, and we can make up the rest as we go. You are very welcome here and I am always open to questions or conversations of any kind.

  4. I’m the girl with the black bow from the Americorps group today, and I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for such an inspiring presentation. As a member of the queer community myself, I really appreciated hearing your reflections about your childhood in Mexico City as well as your life now here in San Francisco. I saw that you climb at MC as well; there is a group of us that climb there 3X/week from Americorps. Perhaps we can all meet up sometime!

  6. First I liked the layout of the home page with many different posts to choose at the start. It is more interesting than just scrolling and make me wonder if I should change mine.
    Of course, I read “about” and select posts to start and now understand your purpose here. I think it is great to venture into other topics along the way.

  7. you live your life and you think that you have met enough people from all kinds of walks of life to be able to navigate comfortably and interact on the same level but then you just keep finding new varieties of people, new identities, new sexualities, new …other things that make you speechless and remind you that we know nothing.

    It also reminds us that labeling people and trying to put them in small boxes to make us feel comfortable is just wrong. We are so different and unique and that is the greatest thing in this world. That makes this world a better place to live in.

    • Yep, every year I say to myself “well that was quite the experience, I learned so much, it seems impossible that there would be more left to learn.” And every year I prove myself wrong, and learn about things I could not even imagine existed! I hope to keep being wrong every year.

  9. Hey, Micah! (is it okay to casually call you by your name?) I have been following you for a while and I think that you run quite an interesting and inspiring blog. I nominated you for an Inspiring blog award. You do not have to participate in this but check it out if you like.

    Here’s the shortlink to my post:
    http://wp.me/p2ss0K-7o

    Good day to you :)

  10. Thanks so much for following my blog – I’ve just spent half my morning wandering around yours, and I’m loving your writing style and your humour and honesty! Now I really have to drag myself away and get to work…
    ~ karyn

  11. Thank you for dropping by my blog and the follow. I look forward to exploring yours some more. . . lots to see here. Cheers.

  12. Maddox, a completely interesting blog (I’ve only skimmed but will return later)! I like the writing and the openness. thanks for following my animal blog; stop by my other one sometimes: amirhbahati.wordpress.com. Be back later.

  14. I’m so happy to have discovered your blog and I look forward to following you in your journey! Keep on keeping on, kiddo! Blessings to you and those you love…..Be well, my pint-sized new friend! xoJulia

  16. p.s. I wrote a piece on Frank Ocean’s ‘coming out’ and how everyone is constantly trying to put labels on people. I hope you can check it out! Why can’t we all just be considered complex people?

  18. Maddox,
    First things first! Your following “Randa Lane…” made my day! Your site, your enthusiasm, and zest for life come shining through every word you write. Sooo refreshing. Now…I am a MtF crossdresser, thus marginally on the fringes of “all things transgendered!” But I read voraciously everything I can, with especial attention to articles concerning “transition” with all that implies. Your blog will so instrumental in keeping me abreast of current events. Thanks for giving voice to those who so very desperately need such a voice as yours.

    Wamest Respect,

    -R-

  19. Thanks for following my blog. I look forward to following you also and getting to know you on WordPress. This was the best “about” page I’ve ever read. You make me want to revise mine. I love your writing tone and the great way you organized the information here with headings and links. Dang…I sound like a technical writing teacher, don’t I? That’s my day job, but I take it home with me : ) I love good writing and good layout/design. You’ve both. Nice to meet you!

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