A Tornado, a Stranger, and a Passport
An attempt to update a young child's gender marker shows the emotional cost of trying to follow capricious, anti-trans laws in this administration. The second of a two-part story
Safety
How Could I Miss What Was Here All Along
The first of a two-part story about passports in the current U.S. administration
Bake Sale Planning
Registering for the bake sale could have dire consequences. So could not registering.
Two Kinds of Stealth
My daughter doesn’t talk about being trans. I understand—I submerged my Jewishness for most of my life
A pause, a mark on the timeline
The past eight days have been hard on our community. How are you?
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.
“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.
Who Wants Candy?
Republicans think trans girls are monsters. It's a fantasy people are eating up
What I Need Defending From
Trans children are not dangerous. The dangerous people in my life are the ones I have slept beside.