Who I Am at the End of the Journey
My mother had what some would call a “dirty” pregnancy, meaning my parents weren’t together and my father wasn’t in the picture...
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Nov 27, 20199 min read
Forward Is the Only Direction
Those early years were rough on my mother as she was battling demons in the early stages of her alcoholism and drug addiction...
Sep 3, 20198 min read
Where I Fit In
My dad was an engineer for a federal contractor and my mom was a homemaker. We ended up having to move around a lot, but eventually...
Aug 1, 20199 min read
Exhale and Recover
If you didn’t know, The Troubles refer to a nasty civil dispute that spanned over 30 years between the British and Irish...
Jul 24, 20198 min read
There Is Freedom
Growing up, I always felt that I was a bit different. I was fascinated by other girls—their outfits, their beauty, their spirit...
Jul 17, 20198 min read
Life After the Change
A few months into my first year of college, my mother called my sister and me into her room. From the tone in her voice, anyone could...
Jun 27, 20197 min read
Love Yourself First
Tim Han, my mentor and savior, taught me that “Our mess is our message.” So, I guess I have a big message because my life has sure been a...
Jun 18, 20197 min read
At the Foot of the Mountain
I couldn’t focus in school and started flunking my classes. Then, I started hanging out with the wrong crowd, which is where I met Sammy...
May 30, 20197 min read
Facing My Truth
As innocent eight-year-olds, we didn’t think twice about the fact that I was playing a boy or that two girls were fake married...
Mar 8, 20195 min read
In the Light
When I was growing up, the world of the LGBT community was almost strictly for homosexuals, and the idea of being transgender was taboo...
Nov 22, 20187 min read
Amongst the Fog
When I accepted myself as a lesbian, I was in my 30s, married to a man for 10 years, and had two children. It was the first time I had...
Nov 16, 20186 min read
A Life That Is Worthy
When I was a child, I would walk the streets of Lahore, Pakistan, while staring at the dusty pavement below. I did not want to look...
Nov 4, 20187 min read
In My Wildest Dreams
In 1999, my parents faced some financial struggles, so Grammy and Grandpa opened the door to us. It was just like the weekends we...
Sep 20, 20187 min read
Living My Life
For years after I came out, I identified as a lesbian, but over time I came to realize that I was bisexual. The time I spent with men...
Sep 12, 20187 min read
Removing the Mask
When I was born, I was assigned male. I grew up in a conservative, Christian suburb of Chicago, Illinois in the 1970s. In those Triassic...
Sep 7, 20186 min read
To Open the Door
Loud voices painted the walls of my family’s house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We shared laughter and home-cooked meals at our large...
Aug 30, 20187 min read
A Life of My Own
Remember that episode of The Simpsons when Bart divorces his parents? He moves into a wicked loft-style apartment with what little...
Jul 27, 20187 min read
My Own Kind of Normal
I was always considered a weird kid, which didn’t sit well with my Jewish parents who desperately wanted everything in life to be “normal..
Jul 25, 20188 min read
All I Ever Knew
I stood outside in the two-acre backyard of my new home in Hesperia, California. The High Desert became the new place I would call home...
Jun 27, 201811 min read
Despite the Fear
I’m a native New Yorker of the Upper East Side, born in January of 1956. My parents gave me a lot of freedom, and I took advantage...
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