LGBTQ

This is the closest thing to fate that I know.

Maybe Being Transgender Wasn't A Mistake

Two months on testosterone — while it may not have been fate, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

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"But what were you born as?"

6 Easy Ways To Make Me, A Transgender Person, Uncomfortable

When I say that I’m a queer trans guy, people love to let me know whether or not they think I "look" like a woman or a man. Fun fact: I don’t give a f#ck.

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'No Fats, No Femmes' Documentary Seeks To Start Dialogue On Desire And Body Image

"The worst part is that I internalized those messages."

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Testosterone And Tea With Sam Dylan Finch: Week 4

My fixation with my face wasn’t about my own vanity – it was just another manifestation of dysphoria.

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cello.

When Your Violin Is Supposed To Be A Cello: My Story Of Transition

A thousand Bach violin concertos swirling around my crib, imprinting those melodies on my brain, had not changed the fact that I was meant to be a cellist. And a thousand “she’s,” beginning from the moment that I was born, had not changed the fact that I had grown up to be a “he.”

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writing as my own form of parenting

I Wanted To Be A Parent. So I Became A Writer Instead.

When I was honest with myself, it was clear that it wasn’t parenthood that I wanted. I just had a desire to be involved in the lives of young people in some meaningful way.

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Pride Sidewalk

5 Things Friday, Pride Week Edition: How To Love And Support Your LGBTQ Friends

"There are more than three stops on the sexual orientation train (thanks to Melissa Fabulous Fabello for that one!). We typically think: Staight, gay, bi." Nope.

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Reading Rachel Bryk’s Obituary Is Like Reading My Own

Spurred onto suicide by bullies, we’ve lost someone who could have been part of the world, not separated from it.

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