Today is Trans Day of Remembrance; what day could be more fitting for me to wake my sleeping blog and make a firey comeback. Earlier today, I saw a post
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Tracing Trans Years: 6 Years on TTracing Trans Years: 6 Years on T
Six years ago today I started taking T. In my moments of reflection on this date, certain things stand out to me. The anxiety leading up to the day, the
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Making a Come Back….Making a Come Back….
As you may have noticed, this blog hasn’t been as active as it could be. The reason has been grad school, and holy hell has it been tough! As of
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Seeing is Believing; Self-Portraits and Finding MeSeeing is Believing; Self-Portraits and Finding Me
I read a quote that really moved me. It said “self portraits (selfies) are often such an act of self preservation and resistance.” I take a lot of self portraits, and sometimes
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Back to School; Grudges, People, and ProgressBack to School; Grudges, People, and Progress
I’ve never been very dedicated to school. As a non-traditional learner with typical ‘atypical’ learning (dis)abilities, I was never very adept at the “learning environment” as it was presented to me.
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Ohio Queer Youth Bullied, Beaten; Who is Fighting Back?Ohio Queer Youth Bullied, Beaten; Who is Fighting Back?
October 17th, in Chillicothe, Ohio a teenage boy was jumped and brutally beaten by his classmates because of his perceived queer sexual orientation. One boy attacked the 15 year old freshman while
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Trans and The Rest of My LifeTrans and The Rest of My Life
I looked out over the Wisconsin lake. I’d been on the road touring almost two weeks, my batteries were running low, but in the best way. She asked me about when I
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My Legal Name ChangeMy Legal Name Change
Mini-documentary about getting my name legally changed in rural Ohio: May, 2010.
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The Other Men ProjectThe Other Men Project
Check out the interesting photography exhibit called The Other Men Project by photographer Ebba Schmid. “[The Other Men Project] is to force viewers to look these men square in eye,
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Pride; A DissectionPride; A Dissection
Columbus Pride was this past weekend- one of the largest prides in the Midwest. To start out the weekend I semi-butched it up with the troupe at the Royal Renegades’
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