New Feature—The Defiant Questions!
Each month, a different parent tells us what they love, and hate, about raising a trans child. First up is Ivy M., a community organizer.
Gender Defiant
Peace Amid Mental Illness: Guest Writer Paulina Ferios
Like everyone in our family, our son struggles with mental health issues. But being trans is NOT one of them. His gender transition has grounded him
Wren: “A body I can embody“
The artist speaks with Gender Defiant about birds, top surgery, bodybuilding, and parenting with love
A pause, a mark on the timeline
The past eight days have been hard on our community. How are you?
YOU’VE GOT THIS. (How Will You Spend Inaguration Day?)
We here at Gender Defiant prefer to think of it as Martin Luther King Day.
My Daughter is a Girl Because She Knows She is a Girl: Guest Writer Benjamin Erwin
Right now, politicians are screaming a lie that being trans is abnormal. Eventually, we will all trust that our children are who they say they are
Headspace in a Red State: Guest writer Ashley Musselwhite
Moving a gay teen out of the city might seem counterintuitive. But in rural Kentucky, my gender nonconforming child found peace, and her true self
”That‘s because you were on T”: Guest writer Beck
As a trans man, no matter what issue I bring to a doctor, they blame my past hormone care instead of doing research. That puts my health—and the health of countless trans people—at risk
Everybody Poops
We need all-gender bathrooms in every business, church, and school. Here's why.
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