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
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.
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
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
Style End Times Prom Time My kid’s gender care was cut. But this trans family is euphoric. The dance goes on
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.
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
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
Road trips Who Wants Candy? Republicans think trans girls are monsters. It's a fantasy people are eating up