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Plunge
Frienships

Plunge

A conversation about boobs goes south.
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Noa Rabinow
Innocence: Sliced to Shreds
Coming Out

Innocence: Sliced to Shreds

The day JJ told me their new name and they/them pronouns, I lost my girlhood self. That’s not a bad thing
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Tina Carson
She for All Time
Pronouns

She for All Time

How do I carry my trans daughter into to the past?
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Noa Rabinow
Gender Defiant in the New Yorker
Leaving the country

Gender Defiant in the New Yorker

JJ and I moved to Mexico. Visual storyteller Sam Wolson made a piece about it. It’s an American story everyone should see.
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Tina Carson
Euphoria All Around
Books

Euphoria All Around

Essays on joy in gender transition lead me to think cis people experience gender euphoria, and dysphoria. If so, it’s a path to empathy
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Noa Rabinow
The Limits of my Queerness
Coming Out

The Limits of my Queerness

I knew binary gender was a myth when I was 15. You’d think l would understand my young child’s transness. But I have so much to learn
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Isla Lichen
Come Shoplift With Me
On the lighter side

Come Shoplift With Me

Stealing made me sick. Until now.
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Tina Carson
End Times Prom Time
Style

End Times Prom Time

My kid’s gender care was cut. But this trans family is euphoric. The dance goes on
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Noa Rabinow
“But you’re safe where YOU live, right?”
Leaving the country

“But you’re safe where YOU live, right?”

Even in a sanctuary state, safe for who is a question, and safe for how long is another. JJ and I are planning to leave the country.
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Tina Carson
The Trouble with “Clocking”
Clocking

The Trouble with “Clocking”

Noticing trans people as I go about my day makes me feel hopeful and happy. But celebrating trans people for simply existing is a little weird
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Noa Rabinow
“Maybe you’d be happier at another church.”
Faith

“Maybe you’d be happier at another church.”

Growing up Southern Baptist was God preparing me to parent one of His church’s most hated children
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Who Wants Candy?
Road trips

Who Wants Candy?

Republicans think trans girls are monsters. It's a fantasy people are eating up
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Noa Rabinow
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