The world has never been good for me. I cannot make my life great again because my life never was great. I’ve had little pockets of happiness from time to time, but overall my entire life has been a fight to survive. It has been a fight to be recognized…
Dear Pam, It’s Mother’s Day. This is a day I once felt great pain over, but now I feel indifference. When was the last time we talked on a Mother’s Day? 2003 perhaps? It’s been years. I should have written this letter years ago, but I am not sure I…
When I was 13, I was assaulted by someone associated with my family, and Donald Trump reminds me a lot of him.
A recent article on Mic reminded me of something I have spoken about many times before, but never with consideration to actual policy. The article explores the lack of care that disabled women receive in relation to mammograms, and how this disproportionately affects the rate of women with disabilities who…
I have spent most of my life disappointing someone within it, and it has taken me many years to realize that is on them. I am a disappointment because I am transgender. I’m not attracted to the people I’m supposed to be attracted to. I have a disability that is…
Right now, I live somewhere between people knowing me and obscurity. This means that while thousands of people online know I am a mostly out trans man, in my everyday life where I am living in a greater metro NYC area full of millions of people when combined with the…
Just because you play with dolls, does not mean you are a girl. Boys and girls can play with any toys they want.
From portraying her as a misogynist to misgendering her consistently, there’s so many problems with the writing of Sophia in season three of OITNB.
There is simply no comparison between culturally appropriating black culture, and being honest about your gender identity.
It was 2003 when I had the last meaningful conversation with my mother. Our relationship was antagonistic since my birth. In her journal about my early development, she wrote about how disappointed she was that I was not the child she wanted. Unlike my brother, I wasn’t super cuddly with…
