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Obey Thy Child
When Governor Walz signed an executive order last March to declare Minnesota a ‘trans refuge’ state, Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan was brimming with…
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My Dear Child
In the heart's abyss, the pain lingers on, For the ones I cherish most have been drawn. Months or years, or an eternity's spree, I won't forsake my…
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Holding On: The Scars of the Battlefield
This reflection is a long time coming. I’ve been reading the personal reflections of other PITT soldiers and I finally have a whiff of energy to write…
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Oregon's State Assistance Encouraged My Daughter's Absence
“Just be glad she’s still in school” is what the officer who met up with my daughter at her new school tells me. A school district where I hadn’t even…
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November 2023
Unanswered Questions of a Mother in Crisis
If your child was using drugs in your home, what would you do? If your child started hearing voices, what would you do? If your child was cutting or…
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I have a problem: a desistor's manifesto
This is the first segment of an essay in six parts. Desistance, for me, is coming to terms with the fact that I believed a lie that messed me up and…
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Whispers
For my daughter
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Medical cognitive dissonance
I attended the Genspect Conference in Denver this weekend - virtually - but was able to watch and listen to every single speaker. I appreciated the…
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The Line Between Letting Go and Giving Up
It has been a year. The Letter arrived on a Friday, the week before Thanksgiving. “…I am grateful for everything you have done and for the material…
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Impossible Choices
My 4-year-old nephew is now a niece. This news came to us through our 4-year-old, who announced, “Benny says he’s a girl now. His mom and dad told me…
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Stairs​​​​​​​​​​
When you were little You fell down the stairs. I was right there. It happened so fast. One moment crawling near me, The next, you sat up and simply…
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Is Gender Dysphoria a Medical Condition, or Not?
I recently had a conversation with a Dutch psychiatrist that surprised me, because it seemed to indicate that the narrative around “gender affirmation…
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