Summer Camp: Three Uneasy Pieces
Recent news made me revisit my kid’s time at the famous arts camp. I wouldn’t wish that culture on any family
Transvestigating Women’s Tennis
Far from ”protecting” players, mandatory genetic “sex testing” has ominous implications for women and kids
Denny and Me: Guest writer J Brooke
You often hear that queer people have chosen family. But sometimes, your queer family includes the one you were born into
Trans Parent, Anti-Hero
I can’t persuade my trans teen to leave the country.
In Quiet Search of Freedom: Guest Writer Jess Drucker
I thought I was going to spend my career helping queer people build adventurous lives abroad. Instead, I have a front-row seat to something I wasn’t expecting: the courage of parents seeking safety for their trans kids
Some Difficult Things to Know How to Do
What was I supposed do with cherished photographs of my trans kid before they transitioned?
Explaining Transness to My Dad, Again
A bit of progress in an ongoing, painful conversation I am bound to keep having, for my whole family’s sake
Tiny Useful Fact #3
Seizing private healthcare data of trans youth threatens all of us, not just trans youth.
“Lady Parts,” You Say?
What lady parts? I see only camel toe, hairy underpants, and a group chat about endometriosis
A Trans Rights Sticker in an Unlikely Town: Guest Writer Djuna Donne
But maybe there aren’t unlikely towns anymore?
But You Said Not to Look Back!
My kid hated pictures of her pre-transition self. Then suddenly she didn’t.
“Nobody Knew About This Back Then”
For Ren Cedar Fuller, growing up with a maybe-probably trans mom and siblings was natural—there just weren’t words for it. Fuller’s new essay collection, Bigger, is wise, beautiful, and essential