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Jen the Gelfling plays the flute while Kira the Gelfling rows their river boat

The Gelflings are trans

And trans people are Gelflings. ‘Now, we leave you the Crystal of Truth,’ the Beings tell the Gelflings who are no longer Gelflings — because they are finally being left alone.

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An impressionistic photo collage of a person who appears to be stuck inside a large soap bubble.

Empathy for cis people

Trans people have it because we don’t live in a trans bubble. My jaw hit the floor. I picked it up and put it back in. It fell out again. It rolled under the sofa and I have spent the last two weeks looking for it.

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Motel with a neon sign on a road with little traffic at night. MOT-L is lit up. The E is dark.

A hinge that opens the heavens

A small reflection on my daily reading. You’re at an apparent end due to a failure of wit. You can’t imagine what comes next. But you’ll recover wit, you’ll find horizon, and universe won’t end.

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brick wall painted with abstract graffiti in bright '90s colors, mostly bright pink with a little blue and yellow. there appears to be a triangle at the bottom.

Why are you trans?

Will they be mad that they were given a reason? If so, why did they ask? Trans people didn’t invent gender stereotypes. Collectively, we don’t reinforce them any more than anyone else. We navigate societies that stereotype us.

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