Sonja’s Substack
Sonja Black"Explainer" articles about gender, gender identity, and trans experience for both trans and cis readers.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 31 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 2 months ago |
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What to Do When Someone Comes Out to You
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Unless you live as a hermit on a mountaintop, at some point in your life someone you know is going to come out to you as trans, or gay, or bisexual, or something else in the ever-broadening queer rainbow. When tha...
Every Closet has its Price
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This article is a bit different from my usual in that it is a personal reflection on how I feel about passing, being a visibly trans person, and living stealth. It is neither advice nor a directive. These...
What is a Woman?
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At this point in the history of the 24-hour news cycle, “what is a woman” has become practically a cliché: a four word gotcha-question embodiment of right-wing and transphobic attitudes towards trans people and...
The Magic Pill that Makes You Cis
Source image by matt
One need not spend much time on trans Reddit before encountering some version of the following question, usually phrase as something like:
- “If there was a magic pill that made feel comfortable as your birth-assign...
The Secret Power of Presentation
Today I want to talk about presentation—boymode vs. girlmode and all that—but before getting into the trans-specific stuff I want to start by examining presentation more generally. Take a look at these three women:
Can you tell which one i...
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Hi! I'm Sonja. I am a trans woman writing about the intersection of transgender identity and life through a lens informed by personal experience, to help trans people process their own journeys and help cisgender allies understand as well.
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