A Light in Outer Darkness
Your Trans CousinMemoir of a queer, trans, neurodivergent seahorse dad, sloughing off the layers of CPTSD; former Mormon, expat, and academic. MA in Writing.
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An interview about my in-progress memoir on healing from religious trauma
Check out my interview with Atmosphere Press!
From Mormon trad wife to trans man, I write about my Mormon girlhood and marriage, reckoning with religious and family trauma, gender, and the hard-earned path to self.
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Reclamation art therapy: My bridal and wedding photos
What’s a divorced trans man to do with a commissioned painting of himself as a young bride? For twenty years or so, I’ve had this painting of me from the bridal photo shoot from my first marriage. I’ve never displayed it, but always hid it...
Reclaiming pride from anti-LGBTQ religious messages through mixed media art
As a “young woman” in the 1990s, the LDS church’s Mormonads are hauntingly familiar. Do an image search for “90s Mormonads” and you’ll get more than you ever could have hoped for.
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My sister, four years older than me and so...
One year since "Reliquishing the Baggage from My First Marriage"
One year ago, Open Secrets magazine published my essay about letting go of the literal and figurative baggage from my first marriage. This essay is also a chapter in my award-winning MA thesis as “Baggage Claim.” See the link below for the...
My MA thesis reading
This is excerpted from my essay, “I Love to See the Temple, Part 2: Anointing,” from my thesis, A Light in Outer Darkness.
Content warning: ritualized, non-consensual touching. Transcript below.
I created this artwork as I work to proces...
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Queer,\ud83c\udff3️⚧️, neurodivergent. Memoirist, seahorse dad, LGBTQ+ health professor, feminist, ex-Mormon, creative nonfiction writer. Healing from CPTSD.
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