Shapeshifter
Alex I am a shapeshifter without ever changing form. I am straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgender. I am wife, son, boyfriend, best friend, partner. Look at me and in your eyes I become...
View ArticleSome Kinda Faggot
Teo You just haven’t met the RIGHT man. If I wanted a man, I’d get myself a REAL MAN. You know this IS the women’s room? Police, can I see some ID? What are you? Some kinda faggot? We’ll see you out in...
View ArticleTestosterone, Week 7: Still Here, Still Genderqueer
My decision to start taking testosterone seven weeks ago wasn’t one I came to easily. For months, if not years, I wrestled with an enormous, tangled ball of yarn and rubber bands made up of conflicting...
View ArticleOn Trans Day of Visibility
On this Transgender Day of Visibility, I am praying for more visibility for the infinite manifestations of gender. I am bone-deep tired of encountering non-binary people who feel “not trans enough” to...
View ArticleWhat It Takes to De-Center Privilege: The Failure of this Week’s UU World...
A version of this piece was originally posted on Facebook on March 5, 2019 Yesterday morning I started hearing from fellow trans Unitarian Universalists because I was quoted in a feature article in the...
View ArticleThe Fallacies of the UU World
This piece is a guest post written by Kio and edited by Imani McPhaden Recently the UU World published an article where the author rather deliberately outlines some of her critical learning moments and...
View ArticleThe Joy in Living Authentically
This sermon was delivered virtually at Unitarian Universalist Church West in Brookfield, Wisconsin, on March 28, 2021, in a service dedicated to Trans Day of Visibility. You can watch/listen to a...
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