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Five years ago, I was a closeted trans woman who didn’t feel like she fit in anywhere. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, and was content in getting an engineering …  Read More

I am no stranger to grief – after all I have known love. Just like the birch or magnolia I grow around the dead branch full of knots, my grain consists of dark patches where …  Read More

Little one, I see you.   Knees pulled tight to your chest, eyes locked on a mirror that feels more like a prison door. You keep knocking but no answer comes.   I am you. …  Read More

4/5/23 Dear Evie, I needed to talk to you, like you’re owed a little explanation. To be honest, we were never great at being a girl unless we were pretending to be one. I still …  Read More

This policy explainer was developed by Campaign for Southern Equality and OutMemphis. HB 0754/SB 0676 is designed to restrict and surveil gender-affirming care for adults in Tennessee. It would require that all gender-affirming care providers …  Read More

Tonight there was a rainbow around the moon. And I don’t mean a dinky one, that you have to squint to imagine it’s real. This one was full-spectrum, deep and bright. The true ROYGBIV experience. …  Read More

In response to a surge of anti-transgender attacks from the federal government, some clinics that serve transgender young people in North Carolina, including UNC Health and Advocate Health,  have announced that they are ceasing gender-affirming …  Read More

Trinity (2024) is an overt reflection on my younger self(s) and demonstrates an acceptance of all facets of that self. There are clear allusions to my Catholic and Iranian background and how that interacts with …  Read More

After years of escalating attacks at the state and now federal level, restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare for youth are widespread, and their impacts are undeniable. Twenty-seven states have passed outright bans on gender-affirming care for …  Read More

“Take Me Home” speaks to my younger self who felt alone in a world that tried so desperately to clip her wings and keep her pinned to the ground. As an adult, the answer I’ve …  Read More