I vocalized that I find the 13 things below to be “queer.” I did that around the time I accepted myself as a woman of transgender experience. Peeing in nature like a woman, even though I didn’t have to I have squatted or arched my back downward while on all…

There are many aspects to surviving a cult-exiting process. And coming out as a woman who is transgender. Many difficult aspects. It only gets harder when extended family damage you. Below are extended family who fit the criteria. Erica (Vanderwood) (cousin, church) (Vanderwood) didn’t invite me to her wedding not…

It’s been one year since I played an Enya song early in the morning after staying up all but about two-and-a-half hours overnight. (And I put that one song on loop for 75–80% of that day in its entirety.) I was up because that night, I finally accepted myself. …

And here are details about the surgery. (I got chills while writing this article.) (Note: An experience approaching as powerful happened after my third shower since the surgery as well. I was compelled to say, “You are such a girl.” Out loud.) I have personally learned that the “gender-affirming” in “gender-affirming surgery” is an accurate adjective. And it actually might be selling the surgery…

I moved from Utah to the Los Angeles area in March largely because I’m beyond tired of living in a state where politics are quite often quite dumb. And that includes where journalism intersects with Utah politics. …

Community of Christ announced a shareable policy with citations this year against any of its priesthood members practicing non-monogamous relationships, including polyamory. In response, folks resigned from CofC, including Elle Mills-Warner, who wrote a resignation letter. The policy announcement followed a congregation-level reinstatement of a member of the Salt Lake…

It’s been a nightmare for me, a transgender woman, to receive gender-affirming care. That’s because it hasn’t worked out three times in just 10 months. I have gotten severely depressed due to the setbacks. The first issue regarded Intermountain Health, before I came to the Los Angeles area from Utah…

I am nine months into feminizing hormone replacement therapy. I’ve been glad to be on the medical transition journey after previously having socially and legally transitioned. They followed the most profound journey of my life in any way. I initially, inadvertently didn’t take the amount of estradiol (estrogen) that I…

“The liberals, they don’t know that this is a decent job.” Donna Prisbrey said that when talking about working in an Amazon “sortation center” in Salt Lake City, Utah. Donna, a northern Utahn, talked about the centers as exemplary of Amazon being innovative. …