If we say we’re thinking of leaving the country, we’re afraid you’ll think we’re overreacting. If we tell you how bad things are getting, we worry we’ll sound crazy.

GENDER DEFIANT in The New Yorker: A MOTHER AND HER TRANS TEEN DECIDE TO LEAVE THE U.S. https://gender-defiant.ghost.io/gender-defiant-in-the-new-yorker/

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I just finished Gender Euphoria, a collection of essays by 15 trans, nonbinary, and intersex people about the bliss they feel in transition.

It was the vacation I didn’t know I needed.

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Is trans panic not for you? Why not try trans joy? Trans confidence? Trans happiness!

https://gender-defiant.ghost.io/euphoria-all-around/

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They used the simplest terms. The terms of a three year old. Orla said, “I’m not a boy or a girl.”

I thought they were saying, “I’m both/and.” Which is to say, I’m like you.

But I was wrong.

https://gender-defiant.ghost.io/the-limits-of-my-queerness/

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