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In Quiet Search of Freedom: Guest Writer Jess Drucker

Leaving 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

Dealing with the past

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

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

Tiny useful facts for allies

Tiny Useful Fact #3

Seizing private healthcare data of trans youth threatens all of us, not just trans youth.

“Lady Parts,” You Say?

Gender nonconforming

“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

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!

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”

“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

I Think My Trans Kid Hates Trans People – Guest Writer Benjamin Erwin

I Think My Trans Kid Hates Trans People – Guest Writer Benjamin Erwin

It's called internalized transphobia, and it’s real

My Trans Daughter Is in Danger I Ignored: Guest Writer T.C. Kaye

My Trans Daughter Is in Danger I Ignored: Guest Writer T.C. Kaye

I hoped to raise my girl with the freedom my parents allowed me. When that delusion shattered, I was destroyed

Breasts Without End

Breasts Without End

We all have them. They’re always changing. So the idea that our gender sticks to them, and permanently, is.... what is that

Squint and You Can See Trans Archie

The trans panic

Squint and You Can See Trans Archie

Look closely at a comic I grew up with and you can see how we got lost as a culture in America. That’s the long-term effect of moral panic