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Posted on April 2, 2018

Transgender Day of Visibility

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, …

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Posted on September 15, 2017September 18, 2017

They tell me I was a little girl

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, …

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Posted on September 10, 2017September 18, 2017

Hi, I’m Jesse. I’m transgender.

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 …

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As with every trans person’s journey, mine is unique to me. Any opinions I express about my own transition are also unique to me and are not meant to dictate what I think other trans people should be doing or thinking. You do you, friend.

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