How to build a boy
I’m piecing myself together, unpicking the person everyone thought I was. I sometimes wonder if my 18-year-old self would recognise me now.
Am I mentally ill *because* I'm queer?
Short answer: no. Long answer: kind of, maybe?
Making my body more visibly queer
Trans people have always existed, even when people have tried to erase us from history.
I think this is grief
How are we expected to keep going as though trans kids dying isn’t exactly what politicians and anti-trans campaigners wanted to achieve with these laws?
If being trans was a choice, I'd still choose it
It’s existing in a transphobic society that is painful. Being trans itself is not. Being trans – to me at least – is joy.
Cry like a boy
Cis men’s tears can cost them their admission to masculinity, and trans men face far more scrutiny over our gender than they do.
Testosterone isn't why men are violent
I knew with absolute certainty that I wanted to start testosterone. But a small part of me was afraid that the hormones that could save my life would also turn me into someone my old self would have been scared of.
Dear Quinn: why do you describe your sex as 'male'?
I call myself male because I am not interested in upholding the false binary of ‘biological sex’ that is used to oppress and discriminate against trans people.
Does this count as a hate crime?
How are you supposed to react when someone calls you the t-slur on the tube platform?
Sometimes I forget that my chest isn't flat
I tore off the shirt. It didn’t matter how soft it felt against my skin or how masc it made me feel, I couldn’t get over the horrific reality of how I would look to other people. I was grossed out by my own body.