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Recent First Person posts

Cravings

Me, My Doppelgänger, and I

Monday Roundtable: The Lifelong Journeys of Our Beloved Childhood Stuffed Animals

10 Floors I’ve Lied On, Ranked

Like Rabbits

Uncharted Waters: A Trans Woman’s Journey Transitioning in the Navy

We Aren’t Failures: Naming What Was Lost as an Agender Person

These Shirts Were a Choice

“She Told Everyone I Was a Dyke”: How My Bully Stole My Coming Out

Every Trans Girl I Meet Is From the Future: Finding a Bereft Sisterhood

Bicycling Across India, Learning About Queerness and Intimacy Along the Way

A Love Letter to Butch People (That Is Accidentally About My Dad)

Migration Season

How to Make a Meme: A Tutorial With Instagram Lesbian Superstar @xenaworrierprincess

Lesbian Visibility Day Roundtable: Carrying History, Worshipping Women, F*cking Up the Patriarchy

Monday Roundtable: Introverts and Extroverts and Our Myers-Briggs Personality Types

Relearning How To Dress Myself From The Closet I Came Out Of

5 Years Sober (Or, the Meanest Lesbian I Know Punched Me in the Face)

Original Shenny Fan Fiction: “This Is What I Want”

Carrying Heavy Shit: Teaching and Unteaching Gender in the Wilderness