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  • I’m a Nonbinary Chinese American Who Co-Parents With My Trans Partner

    I worry about the impact trans-competent healthcare bans will have on our teens

    May 25 - Ching-In Chen
    Both/And Child skipping in streets and holding a trans flag

    Masculinity Is the Soft and Vulnerable Thing Inside Me

    If anything was poisoning me, it was the mantle of womanhood that was forced upon me

    May 18 - Jonah Wu
    Both/And A syringe beading with a drop of liquid

    I’m a Transgender Scientist and I See Myself in “Frankenstein”

    My unmarked body allows the world to see me as both doctor and monster

    May 11 - Fayth Tan
    Both/And Skeletons with lampshades on their heads

    As a Black Trans Man, I Refuse to Be Pathologized

    Forced disclosure in medical settings makes trans people vulnerable to inadequate medical care

    May 4 - Stacy Nathaniel Jackson
    Both/And Multicolored background with person and shadow

    I Am a Man, but I Am Not

    The durian doesn’t feel shame and neither will I

    Apr 27 - M Jesuthasan
    Both/And A collection of durian

    I Found Black Trans Liberation in the Faith of My Ancestors

    Ancient African religious practice showed me I was ready to stand in my truth

    Apr 20 - Leo D. Martinez
    Both/And A person stands and watches the sunset with their arms outstretched on a beach.

    I’ve Been Conditioned to Slay if I Want to Live

    As trans women of color, my sisters and I constantly side-step the gap between glamor and death

    Apr 13 - DENNY
    Both/And Woman holding a square mirror with her reflection

    I Want to Live A Life Outside of Gender

    It is only when the concept of gender is superimposed onto me that I feel dysphoric

    Apr 6 - Logan Hoffman-Smith
    Both/And Two Kobudai fish underwater

    I Am the Three Things a Woman Should Never Be

    I knew that body hair fetish existed, but I had no practical knowledge of it

    Mar 30 - Autumn Fourkiller
    Both/And Two porcelain figures make kissy faces at each other on a bench.
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