Making Transgender Normal Since 2022
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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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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…
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Who you are and how you express your identity is vital — literally your tie to health and life. In a previous article, I discussed the Ayurvedic definition of health as “being established in oneself.” Health is not…