Making Transgender Normal Since 2022
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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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“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…