prancing through the gender rainbow
Spoiler alert: it was yesterday. But y'all know I can't get my shit together, so here we are, a day late. I'd gotten this flag to wear as a cape while I refereed the WeMawl (a women's arm wrestling league in Western Mass that I belong to) competition a few weeks ago. I won't lie, …
Almost exactly 36 years ago, I was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. I was assigned female at birth, but my parents named me Jesse. My mom likes to tell me how she envisioned "Jesse" as a brave pioneer woman blazing a trail, and she had it mostly right, minus a detail or two (a big detail, …
If you're a friend or a family member, you already know this. So why are we having this exchange? There is so much about the beginning of my transition that has been exhausting. Physically, emotionally, all of the ways. I have every reason, and right, to make this a private affair, but I also feel …
