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The silhouettes of two women are visible on a hill during sunset. They both have long, dark hair, wear backpacks and jeans, and hold metal cups in their hands. They sit on the ground and face each other. The woman on the left wears a red jacket and the woman on the right wears a blue jacket.

When One of Us Transitioned, Our Relationship Changed for the Better

A light skinned person holds a trans flag behind them while facing a bright day. The frame captures the their neck down to their waist. They wear a pink shirt and blue shorts, to match the trans flag, which is blue, pink, and white.

Finding and Losing My Worth as a Trans Woman

This is a collage work of art. The base is a shiny, golden background of slightly crumpled looking paper. On top is a collage of flowers and green growing plants. From these plants emerge the figures of three Black women. One is in black and white and is wearing a white, fluffy cotillion gown, another has braided hair and is looking away and is in color, a third is smaller, and is glancing downward contemplatively. Written in the background are the words: "she runs her gender, not the other way around" with an eye underneath those words

By Fighting Gender Expectations, My Mother Made Room for Me to Be Myself

three images of nicole drinking various beverages. nicole is a white human who has their natural dark brown hair in one photo and their bleach blond hair in the other two. they always wear glasses. the photos show them drinking tea from a cauldron mug, drinking coffee from a small mug, and drinking a can of diet dr. pepper. the photos shift from winter to summer to spring from left to right

15 Things I Drank in My Year of Not Drinking

An illustration of different body parts, including eyes, lips, ears, nose, hands, waist, hair, and fingers.

This is My Body, and I Decide Its Meaning

Illustrated silhouettes of the figures of six people from the torso up, in shades of purple, white and green.

A Gender by Any Other Name: What Does the Term Genderqueer Mean to Us in 2021?

A magnifying mirror reflected in a wall mounted bathroom mirror

I Stopped Tweezing in Quarantine and Realized I’m Nonbinary

a black and white photo of a person's chest and thin lines of scars beneath their nipples let behind after top surgery

When Other People Get to Give Away Their Binders

A short-haired dyke sits on a mud spattered floor with one leg folded under them and the other extended. They smile an easy grin into the camera and place a hand on their extended knee. Behind them a blue graphic ribbon runs behind them and across another mud covered person sitting behind them.

Mud Wrestling Showed Me How To Want

How Do You Plan for Transition in a Pandemic-Related Economic Depression? Financial Advisors Have Some Thoughts

You Need Help: Gender Feels in Quarantine

The Drag Kings of Taipei

You Need Help: A Non-Binary Woman Working Through the Gender Feels

You Need Help: How Do I Tell If I’m a Butch Cis Woman or a Trans Non-Binary Person?

Into The A+ Advice Box #3: Summer Hookups, Bisexual Sadness and Gender Feelings

We Aren’t Failures: Naming What Was Lost as an Agender Person

You Need Help: You’re Not Sure If You’re a Boy and Gender Is Hard

Drawn to Comics: “The Prince and the Dressmaker” Is a Stunningly Gorgeous Book About Being Yourself

Y’All Need Help #20: First Admit That You Don’t Know Yet

You Need Help: Reacting to Misgendering in Public

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