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#30DaysOfHope: Transgender Day of Remembrance

#30DaysOfHope: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Dallas Denny (she/her) When I moved to Atlanta in 1989, I soon realized a mass murderer was preying upon trans women of color. Every month or two, another body would be found along a highway with multiple bullet wounds or stabbings. Atlanta’s LGB (no T then!)...
Pet: A Book Review

Pet: A Book Review

  {{Alert: A few spoilers in this review}} Jam lives in a world very different from ours. Lucille, her hometown, long ago experienced a revolution in which “angels” used a variety of ways to get rid of “monsters.” What they were left with is a society whose theme...
Safer Sex, Monkeypox, and Trans Survivorship

Safer Sex, Monkeypox, and Trans Survivorship

You might be wondering, “What does monkeypox have to do with trans survivors?” Possibly a lot! In addition to Monkeypox being a public health crisis, some trans community members might be at higher risk for contracting the disease. Trans survivors may have additional...
Who Are You After Trauma?

Who Are You After Trauma?

You trust no one, see danger everywhere, and walk with a sense of powerlessness and worry even while at the same time you may develop an aggressiveness you don’t understand. Slowly you morph into a tight, controlled, rigid, restrictive, anxious, fearful, numb and...