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Writing Trans Joy in Spite of Everything, a guest post by Edward Underhill

February 7, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

The stories I want to tell are the ones where trans kids fall in love. I want to write stories to let them expand and take up space and find and choose their joy, in spite of everyone else.

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I Spy Something Awkward, a guest post by James Ponti

My name is Ponti. James Ponti. I am awkward, goofy, and if I’m being completely honest, a little scared of lizards. There’s absolutely no way that I was ever a real-life spy.

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If this whole series existed right now, I'd tear through it to the exclusion of everything else in my life. An excellent debut about challenging expectations and finding your own path.

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