It has become a tradition among my chosen family that every year at “Thanksvegan” we go around speaking to what we are thankful for. This year I realized I had some huge milestones to be thankful for: Trust Last thanksgiving I decided to take a huge leap by writing letters expressing my trust for three [...]
Yesterday I went to the Hands Across Hawthorne rally, which was an event of solidarity created in response to the May 22, 2011 hate crime against two gay men who were attacked by three other men simply because they were holding hands while walking across the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, OR. [For more information on [...]
I recently have come across old voice recordings I had done just prior to and over the first few years of taking testosterone to aid in my physical transition. As I listen back on these it makes me giggle. For many of my friends now, they don’t know my voice pre-T or it has been [...]
The words we choose as descriptors of self can be precarious at best. No descriptor is securely defined upon leaving the mouth, unless it is directly followed by a definition by the speaker. This is a lesson I have learned both academically and personally. There are several words I commonly use to portray who my [...]
Today I posted my next video blog. This round was split into two videos discussion coming out. Part 1 My first in the series discusses the importance of coming out videos, regardless of when you first came out, as a way of supporting all those who have yet to or are afraid to come out. [...]