Visibility and Vulnerability.
You are stupid. You are disgusting. You are a joke of a parent. You will grow up and amount to nothing…just like your father. No one likes you. …
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Happy Birthday, Beautiful.
At 3:31pm on Monday, March 29th 2004, you arrived. You were late (that’s my girl) and took your own sweet time. The first moment I held you, it was as …
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My view from the shadows
Tonight, like every other night, the clock will read 5:45pm. But unlike the others, tonight is different. The sun has set 730 times. Our Pittsburgh Penguins have won the Stanley …
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Today is all I need
Today, I mark another earth’s rotation around the sun. Today, I am grateful for the smell of fresh flowers awaiting me this morning. Today, I smile as I check my …
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A Week Unlike Any Other
Three years ago today, in the wee hours of the morning, I came out to my wife. If Christians call the week leading up to Easter “Holy Week”, I would …
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What’s my name…..(R-E-S-P-E-C-T)
Welcome to Trans 102. Today we’ll be talking about names and the power it has over our lives. Deadnaming- The intentional act of calling a transgender person by their former …
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A tale of two tenses
I know you believe what you do. I respect your passion. But that was before me. I hear the words you send out there in social media. I see your …
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