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

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
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The Butterfly I Am

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Be Open Writing Contest — Poetry (New Year Vibes)

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You Gotta Know Yourself Before You Can Love Yourself

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Who do you love? Probably not strangers.

Amethysta Herrick
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One Thing Abnormal About My Transgender

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In a maelstrom of normal, the eye of oddity is queerly quiet

Amethysta Herrick
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What Would My Father Think of His Transgender Daughter?

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All the things the dead cannot say directly

Amethysta Herrick
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The Ineluctable Wisdom of Cat Posters

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Making Self-Care Normal Since…well, never…but maybe I should I start!

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The Myth of Fragility

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Relying too much on physical strength reveals metaphysical fragility

Amethysta Herrick
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The Limbo of Gender Identity

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In between Patriarchs and Infants lie geeks who transition gender

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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The Invisible Transfemme

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At least I’m not running around nude, amirite?

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Sound Off: Using My Transgender Voice

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What could be the nature of your primary difficulty, you silly goose?

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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From Wrecked-Up Friend to Transgender Gem

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Something about slicing blocks with a pink lightsaber makes me feel like a true transgender woman.

Amethysta Herrick
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