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
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.
Election Disbelief
When I woke up to his win on the morning of November 6, 2024, I felt physically ill. He had demonized my child, used her as a pawn in his divide and conquer strategy, and it had worked
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
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
Do Not Assume my Veteran Husband is MAGA
Why would MAGA think a career military veteran would support a president who does not believe in the Constitution he risked his life to defend?
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.