Whidbey is not precisely concerned with the why of what happened, although it is concerned with what comes next. The abuser, as a voice, is almost completely absent.
Here again, we have a group of far-right losers performing legislative tyranny simply because they believe in a bogeyman that doesn’t and has never existed.
A lesbian struggles with her trans boyfriend’s growing disconnection from queer community and identification. Also, we have another classic quandry: Two Bottoms, One Relationship.
The musician opens up about coming out as non-binary, getting dropped by their record label, the life-changing DM they received from Brandi Carlile, and the complex lives of trans Texans.
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