Mastodawn

The female voice in my head arrived early. I tried to numb her, ignore her, kill her. She outlasted thirty-seven years of that.
This Mother's Day I published a research-backed column on what trans motherhood actually means — grounded in minority stress science, parenting research, and testimony from my own body and life.
If you've ever been told your love doesn't count as the real thing — this one is for you.
https://twp.ai/4hr9po
#TransMom #TransMother #LGBTQ #MothersDay #Trans #Motherhood #TransRights #QueerFamily #ThistleAndMoss #TransParent #TransWomen #QueerMom #TransCommunity #Pride #LGBTQIA #Newslette

At 46 I finally stopped suppressing the woman I'd always been. At 53, I'm writing about what that survival actually costs — and what it earns.
Research from the Williams Institute documents that trans parents face discrimination in custody and adoption at crisis rates. A landmark parenting meta-analysis found gender does not determine parenting quality. The law hasn't caught up to the science. I have.
https://twp.ai/4hr9pk
#TransMom #TransParent #LGBTQ #TransRights #MothersDay #Motherhood #QueerFamily #ThistleAndMoss #Trans #TransWomen #QueerParent #LGBTQIA #TransCommunity #TransVisibility #Newsletter

37 years of silencing myself. 7 years finally free. The voice was always mine. The research backs me up. #TransMom #LGBTQ #MothersDay https://twp.ai/9OWP1i

39% of trans people experience serious psychological distress — not because of who we are, but because of how the world treats us. Mother's Day belongs to me too. Here's the column and the research behind why.
https://twp.ai/4hr9pe
#TransMom #TransMother #MothersDay #LGBTQ #TransRights #QueerFamily #Motherhood #ThistleAndMoss #Trans

Trans joy and motherhood reclaimed: A intimate reflection on belonging, identity, and the right to celebrate. Witness one woman's seven-year truth.

Wendy The Druid

I spent 37 years trying to silence the voice that knew I was a woman. At 46 I stopped. At 53 I'm asking what it means to be a mother — and why parenting research has better answers than any legislature.
https://twp.ai/4hr9pX
#TransMom #LGBTQ #Trans #TransWomen #Motherhood #MothersDay #QueerParent #ThistleAndMoss #TransRights

Trans joy and motherhood reclaimed: A intimate reflection on belonging, identity, and the right to celebrate. Witness one woman's seven-year truth.

Wendy The Druid

I tried to kill the voice that knew I was a woman. She didn't die. At 53, I'm claiming what was always mine. #TransMom #MothersDay #LGBTQ

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Trans joy and motherhood reclaimed: A intimate reflection on belonging, identity, and the right to celebrate. Witness one woman's seven-year truth.

Wendy The Druid

The argument they don't want stated plainly: motherhood was never about biology. It was assigned there. I'm 53, trans, and I've been doing the labor of motherhood my entire life. I wrote the column.
https://twp.ai/4hr9pY
#TransMom #TransMother #LGBTQ #TransRights #Motherhood #MothersDay #QueerFamily #ThistleAndMoss #Trans

Trans joy and motherhood reclaimed: A intimate reflection on belonging, identity, and the right to celebrate. Witness one woman's seven-year truth.

Wendy The Druid

I spent thirty-seven years trying to kill the voice that knew I was a woman. Not silence her — kill her. She didn't die. She waited.
I'm 53. I started my transition at 46. This Mother's Day I wrote the column I've needed to write for years — about why I have every right to the word "mother," backed by science and built from testimony.
Parenting quality is not determined by a parent's gender. Trans mothers exist. I'm one of them.
https://twp.ai/4hr9pf
#TransMom #TransMother #TransParent #LGBTQ #Trans #TransWomen #TransRights #Motherhood #MothersDay #QueerFamily #QueerParent #ThistleAndMoss #TransVisibility #TransCommunity #Pride #LGBTQIA