Thanksgiving surprise from a 93-year-old
Sometimes the person who struggles the most when your kid comes out changes the most
Coming Out
The First Jew in Canada: A Trans Tale
Three lines from this hilarious, tender solo play beamed out to me as the mom of a trans teen
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
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
She for All Time
How do I carry my trans daughter into to the past?
The Limits of my Queerness
I knew binary gender was a myth when I was 15. You’d think l would understand my young child’s transness. But I have so much to learn
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
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