My eyes widened—I had been hiding who I truly was, convinced I’d never tell anyone. Quietly, I began going to a clinic in Boston, and that summer, I was prescribed testosterone. It was a life-changing moment. But it also meant taking a scary leap: coming out publicly as transgender to my peers.

“I was walking through Costco this morning doing some regular shopping with my two daughters. As we were walking through the store…we were joking about how quickly we can shovel the snow if it snowed a lot this week. We talked about what I was going to make for dinner today and joked about how […]

“Two weeks ago I was hitch-hiking at Donner Summit after a failed backcountry ski trip. Nathan’s CHP cruiser rolled up and I thought, here we go, I’m about to get harassed by the cops. Nathan rolled down the window and asked if I was all right. I leaned in and told him I was ok, […]