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Personal stories of discovering identity and gender, with every bittersweet emotion.

I'm Sorry Mother… Transgender Regret

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Have you faced ridicule and continuous coaching not to be who you are? If you are LBG_QIA, then yes, I believe you. If not, I won’t deny, but tell me how?

Saoirse George
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Success in a Creative World

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The benefit of a creative life must not entail the detriment of an adoring audience

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Leaving Some in the Tank

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The one time you're glad you still have gas

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Transgender Day of Visibility Is for Us All

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You and I both feel pain from social trauma

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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The Cheap Distraction of "Gender Ideology"

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Public Service Announcement: your government isn't interested in helping you

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Creative Lies We Tell Ourselves

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There's a reason "analytical" begins with the four letters it does

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Transgender and Not in Touch with My Feelings

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I Still Belong to the Episcopal “No Touch” Massage Club

Saoirse George
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The Sting of Being Clocked

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or, Being late to the gender dysphoria party

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Today I Am No Longer Disfigured

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No angry pigs were harmed in the writing of this article

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Musings - Post GCS

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New Member of the Sisterhood of Traveling, Broken-In, Slightly-Stained Jeans

Saoirse George
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Dinging in the New Year

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Using divination to seek inspiration in 2024

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Identity in a Grain of Sand

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My resolution was broken before I even made it

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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