I identify as non-binary. At times, I use specific terms such as gender fluid or Trans depending on who I am with and the context of the conversation. My gender is fluid in expression and roles, and occasionally in presentation. Although I am masc-leaning, I have a lot of feminine qualities, likes, desires, and…
River
Words are insufficient. They will always be. We are doing the best with what we have, but there are truths too deep, too sacred, too holy, too messy to describe, even as our vocabulary advances. I said to myself in a moment of epiphany at fourteen, “I can be a closeted gay man in a…
Yoshi
I count myself as incredibly lucky, in that I was drawn to transition as I explored the things that brought me greater happiness in life, rather than fleeing a sense of dysphoria or misidentification. I think it’s important for people to understand that you don’t need to be dysphoric or miserable to be trans. bisexual…
Teek
In 2022, I circled back to some of the participants of this series to ask them if they would like to update their profiles, or expand a little more on how the events of the last few years have affected them. Here is Teek’s response – In the four years since my photo appeared in…
Christopher
I’ve spent most of my life faced away from my identity and have suffered in the black pain of dysphoria as a result, including 12 years in the military. Now as I am acknowledging my real self and embracing who I am, I feel the love of myself and am freer than I have ever…