Most Recent Pieces
The Shameful Ego of Parents with Terrified Trans Children
That I am a woman is somewhere inside of me. That part arrived long before I had advanced thoughts about gender politics. That part saw the other girls and knew I was like them and saw the boys and was PISSED that I was saddled with them.
My Summer Skin — Transitioning into a Thrilling, Breathtaking Future
One of the most amazing aspects of transition is the change in perspective it brings you. For so many trans people, pre-transition our futures were dark, vague, or missing entirely — a black spot where all of our hopes should be. The future looked like just another part of the prison sentence I was born
On The Struggle and Visibility of Non-Binary Folks
My Response on Why Non-Binary Folks Might Seem Loud: So.. here are my thoughts. Just from one binary trans person to another. I’m gonna do a lot of writing below about non-binary folks from my perspective as a binary trans person. I don’t know if I’m right about these things, all I know is
This Orange Shirt
Funny thing. This orange shirt has become this WEIRD water mark in terms of like “How’s my body transition coming along” and I don’t know why my brain landed on it this way but here we are. I find clothing that hides my shape to be really distressing. I feel like one of the few
How to Keep and Make Friends and Respect People: A Plain English Guide to Pronouns
Hi there! Normally I write about very personal topics to the transgender experience. I like to write about the things I do as a trans person, the things I feel, and why those are so important and sacred to me. If I can teach cisgender folks something while I do that, well, that’s awesome!
Sealed Away — Back In The Closet
For nearly the last 10 days I have been in relative isolation as COVID—19 starts its growth in the United States. The grocery stores have been sold out, businesses are closed. Social life in my city has more or less slowed to a crawl. Fear and apprehension lay like a blanket of tar across the