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	<title>Maxwell B. Pearl</title>
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		<title>Paying Attention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m beginning to feel more back to my normal self, after almost 6 weeks of recovery from surgery. It&#8217;s nice to feel like not 100% of my energy is required for the basics: working, healing, and required life things. I have some spare energy now, to think about the future, and enjoy life. I wasn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2018/03/16/paying-attention/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Paying Attention"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Healing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One week ago today, I stood in front of my plastic surgeon as she drew on my chest. I felt like she was performing her art on me, which, I guess, she was. Next thing I knew, I was waking up, groggy and out of it, looking out of the window on the unfamiliar hills &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2018/02/13/healing/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Healing"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming a Man in the #MeToo Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about becoming a man. I mean of course I have, but more deeply than just this transition process. In my adult life, I have been spared from sexual harassment. I think that&#8217;s largely because I have been gender non-conforming, and thus not an object of male attention. But I do &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2018/01/21/becoming-a-man-in-the-metoo-moment/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Becoming a Man in the #MeToo Moment"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Year, New Voice, New Name, New Life</title>
		<link>http://maxwellpearl.com/2018/01/06/new-year-new-voice-new-name-new-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 22:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s 2018. It&#8217;s a big year for me. It&#8217;s the year I will emerge visually as a man. I&#8217;m having top surgery on February 6th. I&#8217;ve been on Testosterone now for 4 months, and my voice, as well as other things, have really changed: I&#8217;ve pretty much completed the coming out and name change &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2018/01/06/new-year-new-voice-new-name-new-life/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "New Year, New Voice, New Name, New Life"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual and Emotional Work</title>
		<link>http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/11/21/spiritual-and-emotional-work/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I was in my mid-20s, I have been committed to growth and consciousness/awareness. Perhaps it&#8217;s been life-long, but it&#8217;s at least been conscious since that time. Part of it is just what I&#8217;m made of, and part of it is that I could see, in the small bits I had begun to do &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/11/21/spiritual-and-emotional-work/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Spiritual and Emotional Work"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Max and Michelle</title>
		<link>http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/11/17/max-and-michelle/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven years ago, I wrote this short piece in a writing workshop. (Originally, the name in the piece was &#8220;Michael&#8221; but I&#8217;ve changed it to &#8220;Max&#8221; as that is my chosen name.) &#8220;Maxwell stays like a wish&#8221; Max is always there, my best buddy in the world, friend to the end of the earth. He&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/11/17/max-and-michelle/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Max and Michelle"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming out</title>
		<link>http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/10/26/coming-out/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 02:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came out publicly as a lesbian in 1985. And it was largely a non-event. My family accepted me fully, I lost a couple of friends, but it was largely painless. It didn&#8217;t effect my work life, thankfully. And as time went on, and I kept living out and publicly as a lesbian, there have &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/10/26/coming-out/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Coming out"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ch. Ch. Ch. Changes</title>
		<link>http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/09/29/ch-ch-ch-changes/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on T (Testosterone) now for just over 4 weeks, next week will be a month. Some people have asked me if I&#8217;ve noticed changes, and there are only a few, at the moment. One thing I&#8217;ve learned from reading and talking to people is that the changes you experience have a lot of &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/09/29/ch-ch-ch-changes/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Ch. Ch. Ch. Changes"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Always Queer</title>
		<link>http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/09/10/always-queer/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 02:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some transmen love other men, and some love women. Having been attracted to, and loved women my whole life, I can&#8217;t quite imagine testosterone changing that, although I guess it&#8217;s vaguely possible. Anyway, what that means is that  the external world will see me, when I&#8217;m out with a woman, as a straight man. And &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/09/10/always-queer/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Always Queer"</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Liminal Space</title>
		<link>http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/09/08/liminal-space/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="http://maxwellpearl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-08_12-57-44-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Liminal definition" srcset="http://maxwellpearl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-08_12-57-44-150x150.png 150w, http://maxwellpearl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-08_12-57-44-100x100.png 100w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px" />One of the things our society doesn&#8217;t do well is honor liminal spaces, even though we go through many in our lives. Puberty, coming of age, giving birth, celebrating a romantic union,  and dying are all liminal spaces. In many cultures and spiritual traditions, liminal spaces are holy. They are a place of reflection: looking &#8230; <a href="http://maxwellpearl.com/2017/09/08/liminal-space/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Liminal Space"</span></a>]]></description>
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