My life was saved by the public school system. As a young weirdo, life was not worth living in a student body that operated like gen pop in your average prison. But here in my dinky little home town there was an arts school. If you were strange enough, disciplined enough, or talented enough, you got yourself a bus…

This reminds me of Chick comic Crusaders: The Broken Cross. With so many details in common, surely there’s a connection?

I suppose this may be a moment to cordially invite anyone who doesn't mind salaciousness in their sex scenes... to take a look at the literary wares I peddle by night?

Just another family story from the Armpit of the South.

Yes I did! I was weeks away from beginning my gender transition from female to male. Obviously I had nothing invested in what I wore for the ceremony. The whole point was to Get That Paperwork while it was still legal. Which I did, in that hideous garment, AKA The Last Dress.

My mother bought a cream-colored meringue with beaded appliques about four weeks after I turned 18.

This isn't really a lone Christmas gift, but a series trend. My wife and I are both transgender. We've been married for 14 years. I still receive these baskets full of bath items, or adorable floral fuzzy pajamas, makeup sets, you know. Thoughtless gifts for the kind of person they wish I would be, which is to say…

Miss Asian Pacific World files lawsuit, statement to the effect that even this young lady's death could not repair the harm she has done to their reputation. Translation of reports available through allkpop.com

This is the same county that wouldn't allow Kelli Davis, a lesbian, to wear a tuxedo in her yearbook. In that case, it was immodest because she was out and proud. Women can not win in Clay County. There is no such thing as an appropriate, respectable female attending public school. They're all in violation, just…

I played Buck Rogers on this. The game was on tape. Yes, that's a pc with a tape deck. Monitor not pictured, because that was an entirely different, separate hellscape.

I have always felt welcomed as well as encouraged by the fantastic work y'all do. Keep on keepin' on!

Thanks for posting this. As a transmale who lurks in this space, I often keep my head down and my mouth shut to support this female space. My wife is transfemale, and I am grateful that she's got a space where voices like hers are heard. I get to run my mouth in my books, and in my Househusbanding articles, so I feel…

Doing line edits on The Secret Art of Failure volume 2. If anybody has extra-fine grit editing materials they're not using, please do send them my way.

excellent article! Thanks for writing it.