Human Me

Owning My Womanhood- Pictures of Me Doing “Life”

I wanted to share some recent photos of me just loving life. Me in a dress that I love with heeled boots I kinda love more. New Coach shoes with a new necklace pendant daring to wear yoga pants…in public! Raspberry topped cheesecake with pineapple graham cracker crust from 13 coins restaurant in SeaTac. Go in …

What Is HumanMe? Video Introduction!!!!!!!

What exactly is HumanMe? Great question that I will answer with a video from me!! This is the first time I have done something like this, if it goes well I will do many more!     See the video here:   With Love   Ruth Utnage  

Secrets of A Formerly Incarcerated Transwoman: The time I called a corrections officer Daddy

I’ve said repeatedly that when I got out of prison I had lots of stories to tell that I couldn’t share while I was still in prison, secrets of a formerly incarcerated transgender woman. Well, I’m out…   I was always astonished at the number of corrections officers that hit on me. I never crossed …

Ghosts From The Past After New Beginnings

Ghosts from my past recently came back to make their presence known after I got out of prison and have a new beginning. The thing about my prison sentence was that I was happy to serve it. I did someone wrong. I’m also happy to move on. I did my time. Prison has lasting effects …

Strange Cravings…

Do you like ice cream? Yes. Do you like chocolate cake? Yep! Who wouldn’t? Do you like swilling pickle juice and spoonfulls of hot sauce? Plain bread covered in just condiments? Maybe not on the last bunch, but I know someone who does. But the strange cravings are real in a place like prison, where …

Transgender Hormone Replacement Therapy and Washington State Prisons: Fight For It Until My Last Day, Seriously? by Ruth Utnage

Washington States prison medical system is one of controversy, particularly at Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, WA. In recent years medical malpractice, deliberate indifference, potentially unnecessary inmate deaths have plagued the correctional system, many times in a very public manner just search for it on the internet and a plethora of related articles will give …