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

Happy Birthday to Me: Lessons Learned from One Year of Gender Transition

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Life as a woman has been very good to me

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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I Am a Much Better Father as a Woman

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Being yourself will always be better than who you are not

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal

Transgender Trial and Error: One Year Later

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We try, we fail, we try again — because we must

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal

Should We Know Our Gender Implicitly?

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How much knowledge of the Self can be reasonably expected from a US Citizen?

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Society

Hooded Eyes and the Transgender Existential Question

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A case where the eyes do not have it and can’t get it

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal

I Apologize for My Existence

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This time, I mean it slightly differently — bear with me.

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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I Struggle to Feel Valuable — Please Help Me

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In a world full of beauty, I remain a goat — and not in the good way

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal

The Big Problems — Post-Gender Transition Edition

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I have Big Problems, and you should, too.

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Philosophy

The Vegas Transgender Affirmation Project

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I thought it was just a vacation…it turned out to be an education.

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal

Transgender Meh: Finishing Before I Was Done

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Gender transition is a long process, although not for the reasons I thought.

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Beyond Visibility: Transgender Makes the World a Better Place

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Carl Jung liked transgender before it was cool.

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal

The Butterfly I Am

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Be Open Writing Contest — Poetry (New Year Vibes)

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Amethysta Herrick
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