Tag: LGBTQIA

‘SYMPTOMS’ WITH DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY

November 16, 2016
Fiction, Personal

That’s the best way I can describe the one-of-a-kind edition of Symptoms of Being Human that’s currently available for bid at Leave A Mark Auctions with proceeds benefitting The Trevor Project, the nation’s foremost crisis intervention and suicide prevention safe space for LGBTQ...

STRAIGHT CISPEOPLE RETWEETING RAINBOW FLAGS: A CONFESSION

June 28, 2016
Personal, Writing

This post centers around three facts: It’s LGBTQIAP+ pride month. Two weeks ago, fifty people were murdered because they were in a gay club. I’m a straight cismale who wrote a book from the POV of a gender fluid teenager. So the question I’ve been asking myself is: What, if anything, do...

On Being Afraid in the Bathroom

April 3, 2016
Personal

The impetus to write Symptoms of Being Human came in late 2013. I was in a car with some friends and acquaintances when the driver–let’s call her Jane–brought up a court case pending in my county. A transgender student was suing the school district for the right to use the restroom/locker...

Demystifying Gender Identity

June 2, 2015
Personal, Writing

I SAT DOWN TO WORK this morning and found myself unable to concentrate. I’ve been so surprised by some of the negative reactions to Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover that I was compelled to write this. It seems a lot of us are confused about what’s going on in the media with regard to transgender...