Three Nightmares and a Picnic
In Mexico City, more bumps on the road to gender care for JJ
Tina Carson
Update from Mexico City
It’s good here. Also, it’s not utopia. JJ and I are slowly learning the nuances of healthcare and gender culture
JJ’s top surgery: Part 2
Flashbacks, nipple shapes, and artistry
JJ’s top surgery: Part 1
“DON'T EVER ASK ME IF I REGRET THIS.”
The Doctor is SO In
JJ’s gender care in Mexico is a revelation, thanks to community. I wish I had known how important community was from the start
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
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.
Come Shoplift With Me
Stealing made me sick. Until now.
“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.
Coming Out, Like a Flower
Don’t we have better things to do than tell folks they have to be someone or something they aren’t?
What I Need Defending From
Trans children are not dangerous. The dangerous people in my life are the ones I have slept beside.
My Trans Child And I: Two and the Same
While I was pregnant, folks failed to understand that my and my baby’s well-being are intertwined. The same holds true now that they are a teen