Transgender

I am incredibly fortunate to have had such a positive coming out story. I know that and am thankful for it every day.

Femme, as it’s expected, isn’t easy for me. It seems to demand from me labor I’m increasingly less willing or less able to undertake as a mentally ill person who likes to think they give zero fucks.

Femme, as it’s expected, isn’t easy for me. It seems to demand from me labor I’m increasingly less willing or less able to undertake as a mentally ill person who likes to think they give zero fucks.

The commonly held interpretation is that I am “a woman trapped in a man’s body,” but the truth is much more complex than that.

Masculinity always felt like a pair of shoes that didn’t fit quite right.

Today in, News That Will Hopefully Cease To Be News At Some Point In The Near Future: A transgender man had a baby.

What trans people are — unfortunately — is a handy punching bag for a wildly unpopular president. This man with his approval rating hovering under 40%, with his family under scrutiny for shady financial and political dealings, with his entire policy agenda — such as it is, considering he knows fuckall about policy — in jeopardy due to grassroots opposition to it, this man is flailing around looking for a distraction.

If you’re looking for a Pride Month reading list, or just want to get more LGBTQ+ books on your radar this year, here are a few worth checking out.