In this Featured Voices theme, our guest authors share their Inspiration: the catalyst, the motivator, the fire behind a gender that doesn’t seem to exist in the world. For Alyx, inspiration came in the form of a gender role model, but only after a winding introspective journey of coming out. Winding My Way Back to Myself It’s funny — when I first saw this theme about gender role … Continue reading Featured Voices: Back to Myself
Kameron had several close relationships throughout his young adulthood. Each friendship or partner led to a new breadcrumb about sexuality, gender, expression. It was through other people that Kameron was inspired to mold his own identity. Continue reading Featured Voices: Convergence
This is a very personal yet political story about two nonbinary trans people meeting and creating what they started to understand as Siblinghood. Continue reading Featured Voices: Siblinghood
A recollection of all the posts from last month’s Featured Voices theme: SOFFAs (significant others, friends, family, allies). And introducing next theme: Out at Work or School. Continue reading Featured Voices Theme: Out at Work
A summary of last month’s Non-Binary MAAB theme, and an introduction to this month’s Featured Voices theme: SOFFAs! Write about that special someone, or have them write about you. Continue reading Featured Voices Theme: SOFFAs
Part 3 of Non-Binary Transition covers the details involved in Social, Medical, and Legal transition, focusing on the unique challenges faced by non-binary individuals. It also covers what providers can do to support their clients/patients in their practice, as well as a Bonus section featuring questions by participants. Continue reading Part 3: Social, Medical, and Legal Non-Binary Transition
In the same way fourteen happens to be the magic number for my perceived age, 27 was the magic number for my oldest imaginable age. Back then, I knew I’d graduate high school, go off to college, then study a lot. The rest was intangible. Continue reading 27
A compilation of 12 Gender Neutral Gift Ideas: a guide for your loved one(s) this holiday season (or any season, birthday, anniversary, special occasion, or just Sunday). Continue reading 12 Gender Neutral Gifts
Today I got an automated email. It’s been 2 years from today since I started blogging at http://neutrois.me. I never imagined everything that would come of it: intimate exploration of my identity, exposing my transition very publicly, speaking at workshops and participating in panels, traveling to conferences across the US, meeting trans advocates from all over the world, and connecting with a community who is … Continue reading 2 years
The Conundrum Even after proclaiming my preferred pronouns, few people had come on board. Or rather, I’d made little effort to change the status quo. People had no way of knowing that my pronouns weren’t what they used to be, unless I would explicitly tell them. And “explicitly telling others” is not my strong suit. For over a year I’ve been trying to find a … Continue reading Coming Out
