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Ashton Blyth
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![The Transition Tube Map](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_a4f08c830d2f46debe4543bf09e6411d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_a4f08c830d2f46debe4543bf09e6411d~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 31, 2024
The Transition Tube Map
I honestly don't know how this got finished, but it was an all-nighter, and Jonathan thankfully checks his emails first thing in the...
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![Chained to the desk](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_e2a915f24c814327b1f460c4cdb2607f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_e2a915f24c814327b1f460c4cdb2607f~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 30, 2024
Chained to the desk
Having ordered A3 card with the plan to merge all my sections together in one big drawing, and scan it in at my dad's work to have a...
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![The feminine side of the binary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_418827e804834a7bbbf4dcf146ad0ae3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_418827e804834a7bbbf4dcf146ad0ae3~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 28, 2024
The feminine side of the binary
In my last post about this section, I discussed the fact that after drawing it out, I wished it was flipped so the NHS-provided surgeries...
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![The masculine side of the binary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_6a236631c6054d7bba5f6e5f3b094bf5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_6a236631c6054d7bba5f6e5f3b094bf5~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 25, 2024
The masculine side of the binary
Getting a bit more precious with it... now that I'm set on my colours, after SO MUCH swapping and changing. For this drawing I measured...
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![Thinking on my own masculinity and gender fluidity](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_df1fe649a01148ff9e787212613493dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_df1fe649a01148ff9e787212613493dc~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 23, 2024
Thinking on my own masculinity and gender fluidity
Writing about my decision to not have a specific non-binary line in the map led me to think about my own gender, and where I see myself...
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![Names, stations and colours confirmed - no take backs!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_e5effe17ab7d4b3a8e7194e5fd40744f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_e5effe17ab7d4b3a8e7194e5fd40744f~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 22, 2024
Names, stations and colours confirmed - no take backs!
This part was probably more time-consuming than the rest, because it was a page that was in constant rework - just in my head. I've...
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![Thinking about ‘the waiting zone’](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_9aa82279c692499fa2d9c948ebe71dff~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_9aa82279c692499fa2d9c948ebe71dff~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 21, 2024
Thinking about ‘the waiting zone’
So the masculinizing surgeries section needed redoing to factor in removal of the womb (hysterectomy) and removal of the ovaries and...
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![Feminizing surgery zone](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_71304b43e41743b7b2ecc732037797a2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_71304b43e41743b7b2ecc732037797a2~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 21, 2024
Feminizing surgery zone
I mirrored the layout of the masculinizing surgery in a way of considering a 'waiting' zone, it feels like I've finally hit a point of I...
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![What is involved in the treatments?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_6b87e62e4aed4e95a933c261248e1cee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_6b87e62e4aed4e95a933c261248e1cee~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 19, 2024
What is involved in the treatments?
Breaking down the surgery sections in a more detailed way made me realise I need to do the same for the treatments, as opposed to 8 stops...
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![Would you like the option of biological children?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_016fff46205542959faea7690f79692c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_016fff46205542959faea7690f79692c~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 18, 2024
Would you like the option of biological children?
Even though it's not listed on the offered treatments of the current care pathway document, fertility preservation is something that has...
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![More than one way of doing things](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_2505448cf4e2416e8e3b7a3fdd49a281~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_2505448cf4e2416e8e3b7a3fdd49a281~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 17, 2024
More than one way of doing things
I had created the top surgery line on the previous map update based on my memory of the key stops I had towards my own. It was only at...
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![Gender affirming surgeries section](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_6b87e62e4aed4e95a933c261248e1cee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_6b87e62e4aed4e95a933c261248e1cee~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 15, 2024
Gender affirming surgeries section
From this NHS web page on gender dysphoria treatments , I've taken the key information and pasted it below: Surgery for trans men Common...
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![The bigger picture](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_6b87e62e4aed4e95a933c261248e1cee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_6b87e62e4aed4e95a933c261248e1cee~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 14, 2024
The bigger picture
Initially I decided that if the line and stops would be exactly the same for the treatment of a male as they were for female, what was...
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![The feminising (?) options section](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_a4891481675e41bdb73932d419c7f54f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_a4891481675e41bdb73932d419c7f54f~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 12, 2024
The feminising (?) options section
Just as I think I have an idea of the layout, a new discovery means I have to re-evaluate… I’ve been playing with the layout of the main...
![And re-doing referrals...](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_f8185ade29ac4c99a22dd1c81150df25~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7e5639_f8185ade29ac4c99a22dd1c81150df25~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 11, 2024
And re-doing referrals...
I then decided that actually the circular design would be more appropriate for creating MY transition map, with the analogy of feeling...
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![Starting with referrals](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_3899f2b0f802457fb5b3f1b13fab4b53~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_3899f2b0f802457fb5b3f1b13fab4b53~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 10, 2024
Starting with referrals
While starting the first draft of my tube map, I mainly had the Paris Metro map at the forefront of my mind. I found the circular shape...
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![Gendering colours](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_59379ce032b4475fba484689254c0208~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_59379ce032b4475fba484689254c0208~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 10, 2024
Gendering colours
When creating The Progressive Tube Map , I took inspiration from Gilbert Baker, a gay man and drag queen (both openly) and artist created...
![The Leeds pamphlet… have you read this?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_3dad16e84c334b4f848511c0d854496a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_258,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7e5639_3dad16e84c334b4f848511c0d854496a~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 9, 2024
The Leeds pamphlet… have you read this?
I am under the care of Leeds Gender Identity Services, who created the document below. I first saw this document two years ago when...
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![A different way of doing things](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_c80a8c92c7cb4dd0b6de1e6c389c96f3~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_c80a8c92c7cb4dd0b6de1e6c389c96f3~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 8, 2024
A different way of doing things
Tutor: Jonathan Kearney Date: Tuesday 8th October 2024 I had my first tutorial of the year with Jonathan and my mum today. Not exactly a...
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![World Tube Maps](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e5639_034ee39abb65448a84cddc93aaa97985~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7e5639_034ee39abb65448a84cddc93aaa97985~mv2.webp)
Ashton Blyth
Oct 6, 2024
World Tube Maps
I started to look at other tube maps for shape inspiration and how other locations have designed station stops and interchanges. My...
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