Business Insider

I delayed getting my first tattoo because I didn't feel like my body belonged to me. After my gender transition, I fell in love with tattooing my new body.

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I got my first tattoo with my son. I added my parents' ashes to the ink.

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Yahoo

I despised and mocked people with tattoos my whole life. But then my husband died, and I decided to get one in my 50s.

Then my husband died, and I understood why someone would want to permanently mark their bodies. When I was in my mid-50s, I got my first tattoo as a memorial for my husband. "Can you replicate this ...
PopSugar

Why I Decided to Remove 12 Tattoos I Once Loved

Over the years, I've amassed 12 tattoos. And now, I'm removing every single one of them. Like lots of people flexing their newfound independence, I got my first tattoo — a tiny cross on my hip bone — ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

My first tattoo is a loblolly pine tree, like the one my parents planted for me as a baby.

Burdeaux is a musician and lives in North Park. In February 1988, in the front yard of a single-family home in Santa Ana, a soon-to-be dad planted a loblolly pine tree. His wife was in the yard with ...