Come Shoplift With Me
Stealing made me sick. Until now.
End Times Prom Time
My kid’s gender care was cut. But this trans family is euphoric. The dance goes on
“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.
The Trouble with “Clocking”
Noticing trans people as I go about my day makes me feel hopeful and happy. But celebrating trans people for simply existing is a little weird
“Maybe you’d be happier at another church.”
Growing up Southern Baptist was God preparing me to parent one of His church’s most hated children
Who Wants Candy?
Republicans think trans girls are monsters. It's a fantasy people are eating up
A Stranger in the House
In their dementia, my parents don't know they are destroying their relationship with their trans granddaughter. Every minute I am with them is an agony
My Kind of Gender Reveal Party
Why this cis mom changed her pronouns
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?
In a Shell
When the egg breaks there is no going back; there is your life before and your life after. It’s the coming-out metaphor—but parents live it, too
What I Need Defending From
Trans children are not dangerous. The dangerous people in my life are the ones I have slept beside.
Alone with My Child’s Childhood
When my trans teen said “don’t send me photos,” it felt like she ripped up our shared past