Your Trans Cousin
A personal touch on trans issues, backed by science
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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Analyses I trust on the horrid Supreme Court decision
June 30’s SCOTUS decision that trans girls/women don’t count as girls/women in sports is heartbreaking, if unsurprising.
I think about my friend’s kindergartener, so excited to wear a one-piece swimsuit made for her so she can swim on the...
Confronting & embracing my past as a teenage Mormon bride, through art
For over twenty years, I’ve kept this painting of me from the bridal photo shoot from my first marriage. That marriage ended amicably when I transitioned, but since then, and with lots of therapy, I’ve realized how unhealthy and unequal tha...
What does my MA in Writing thesis have to do with transness?
This week, I graduated with an MA in Writing, Nonfiction concentration.
Three years ago, when a fellow transgender writer learned I started my Writing program and intended to write memoir, she asked me facetiously, “Will you write your tr...
The Trans/Autism Overlap
Autism & Transness
If you’re as steeped in the trans world as I am, you’ll already be familiar with the large overlap between transness and autism. That is, compared to cis people, more trans & gender diverse/nonconforming people are au...
Excerpt from The Aspens Quaked Their Whispers in the Wind
This is a selection from a longer piece published in the print journal, Jarnal, vol. 4, Nov 2025. Only after I came as a trans man at age 39 could I grasp my decades-long queer longing. The full story is a series of vignettes like this one,...
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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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