Most Recent Pieces
Why You Should Stop Calling Trans People Brave — And What to Say Instead
Being called “brave” is incredibly high on the “pet peeves” list of almost every trans person I know. Here’s what to say instead.
Suddenly Summer Body Positivity
Getting a summer body has a whole new, and more literal, meaning for me this year. What does it feel like to be comfortable in a body that breaks all the rules you grew up with?
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