The Complications of Love

‘The Complications of Love’ (ISBN: 978-0-9841422-3-1) is another side of transgender life—have you ever thought about whom usually makes love to a transgender woman?

This is a story of a young, good-looking Irish male, named Brian and a Thai transgender, named Francesca. Brian had run away from home, following his brother Jimmy from Kansas City and then relocated to Massachusetts, where he found employment as a construction worker.

Brian & Francesca met at a pub in Allston one evening where Brian was drinking alone. When Francesca had walked into the pub, she was initially insulted and driven away by the bartender, who believed that she was there to make quick cash by hooking up with his customers at the pub. Brian shows his manners, putting himself in the middle of their argument and comforting her as if she is his friend.

After a short conversation inside the pub, Brian discovers that she is desperate to find a new place to live - her landlord gave her an eviction notice to move out promptly, as she was two months behind on her rent so he took her to live with him in his apartment. Then the romantic part begins as Francesca begins to fall in love with Brian; at the time she felt lonely, he walked into her life just in time to rescue her. This is a love story of a normal couple, who lead a simple life, which will make you dream of love.

Francesca tries to hide her gender secret by avoiding being naked when having sex with Brian; she only sucks cock for him, citing her conservative Thai culture, leading Brian to believe that losing her virginity before marry is a Thai cultural taboo. However, the real reason in her mind is, she isn’t sure that Brian will accept her (trans)gender. More than worrying about being evicted from his apartment, now that love has bloomed, losing him is the one thing that she would not be able to bear.

However, Brian believes that Francesca has used him to have a better life. He puts pressure on her until she feels that she can’t hide her sex secret anymore. As soon as she decides to reveal her secret to Brian, he is devastated; the tool she has hidden behind her tiny panties is a big problem. He refuses to return to his apartment for weeks, instead living with his brother Jimmy. This is the second time he has runaway from home. As Francesca has no money to buy food and really needs financial support from Brian, she calls him and begs him to come home.

Finally, it is unavoidable: Brian decides to come back to his apartment to live together again. Then the romantic story turns into a comedy—as Brian says, his love life makes him feel like he is holding pee. Brian’s unusual act of hiding the secret from his friends and family that Francesca is really a transgender causes his friend and family to search for answers as they observe something unusual in Brian. Moreover, while living together, there are many things that they need to adjust, as their lifestyles are incompatible. Until the end of the story, when their secret is accidentally revealed to everyone.