Making Transgender Normal Since 2022
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“Who could ever love a beast so hideous and ugly?” Princess Fiona, “Shrek” In the movie “Shrek,” Princess Fiona is cursed to change from human to ogre form when the sun sets. She lives in constant fear…
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When being a risk meant bonding with your community. I grew up in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. Diversity — while certain circles…
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Yet another excuse to indulge my vanity! The Five Favorite Phrases (Frases?) Challenge is simple — report the five phrases you love…and the five phrases you hate. It sounds easy, but I had to go through a day…
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“May I have your name?” asked the Fey Prince. “Yeah, sure — I’m not using it,” answered Amethysta v1.0. In myths of the Fae — also…
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Purge your life of people who choose not to support you in being who you are. I came out as a transgender woman in August, 2022 — six weeks after I had begun gender-affirming hormone therapy. It took…
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Before I accepted my transgender, my life’s work was killing myself. A recent conversation about the most interesting people I met evolved…
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“I thought I’d gone to the limits. I hadn’t. The Cenobites gave me an experience beyond limits. Pain and pleasure, indivisible.” — Frank the Monster, “Hellraiser” – A recent conversation spurred me to consider…
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When I was a child, my friend Jason and I dreamed up a simple method to accomplish the impossible. Being children, Jason and I expected the laws of physics to be defined by scientists, not revealed by…
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Last month, I promised an ongoing series of silly progress reports, and I intend to make good on that promise. Welcome to the January edition of “Ame’s Hammy Jamming!” To recap, I am Ame — or…
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I remember where I was when I learned the word “ratify.” — It was Summer. The house where I grew up needed the sewer rooted out, and my father did it himself. I remember standing by the pink brick wall in…