I am not where I want to be… I regularly feel ashamed about who I am. Sometimes I’m filled with insecurity and doubt, other times I get stuck in anger at all that I have endured. There are moments when…
Read moreMar 20 2019
Mar 20 2019
I am not where I want to be… I regularly feel ashamed about who I am. Sometimes I’m filled with insecurity and doubt, other times I get stuck in anger at all that I have endured. There are moments when…
Read moreFeb 20 2019
beautiful boy, darling boy
I know that you are afraid
I want you to know that I understand why you are scared
and sad
and feeling so alone
but I am here to…
Read moreOct 26 2018
Stories of transition often times have many beginnings. The first time I was able to articulate my understanding of “who I am” was actually a culmination of many experiences building up to my “coming out” moment. Coming out was just…
Read moreJun 7 2017
My defensiveness is reflexive, and lately I have been teetering on edge.
It is no surprise when the most intimate aspects of my life
have been shared all over the world
and yet they are completely invisible…
Read moreJun 7 2017
Thank you for raising me to be strong enough to face the world
and then for standing by my side while I stand up for myself.
I know how hard it can be to relive our experiences…
Read moreOct 4 2016
My first night in Edinburgh, I slept in the airport. I waited too long to book a bed in a hostel, so I found myself a bench without arm rests and laid down. I woke up an hour later, relieved…
Read moreMay 29 2016
Oh, how time can move both fast & slow is so amazing to me
5/21 marks four years into my transition
when I started, I wondered what my life would look like in a few years,
who would…
Read moreMay 8 2016
Right now, all around this country, there are people trying to pass legislation that polices the right of transgender and gender non-conforming folks to use public restrooms…
The fact that these bullies have made it a priority for our…
Read moreApr 25 2016
4/25/2016
BFI Flare, an LGBT film festival recently flew me overseas for the first public screening of REAL BOY.
Y'all I was sooooo nervous.
A lot of people have asked me if it's uncomfortable,
watching my nineteen year…
Read moreMar 16 2016
~3/16/2016
I love that all the money I’d spend to rent
a place to work a job
goes into my gas tank, and takes me
on an adventure
surrounded by tokens
of affection
from friends I’ve made
and kept…
Mar 11 2016
~ 3/11/2016
Only God Can Judge Me
but i know she'd rather love me
kiss my scars and wipe my tears
and hold my hand when things get ugly
cus' I know, I know
it won't be long before…