Gender Care 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
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.
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.
Coming Out 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?
Marriage What I Need Defending From Trans children are not dangerous. The dangerous people in my life are the ones I have slept beside.
Pregnancy 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
Summer camp Ta-ta, French Immersion Camp Until you have legit nongendered facilities, don’t tell me you “welcome” trans kids. We learned our lesson—and found a great summer camp option
Dealing with the past The Friendships We Risk Losing Breakups happen when friends fail to understand trans realities. Can we get these friendships back?