About nine months ago, I was sitting in a room at Anna Jaques Adolescent Inpatient Treatment Center visiting with my kid. I had brought their twin to visit, and while they talked I looked around the room. All of the usual family visiting rooms were occupied, so we were in a room where the staff … Continue reading The Power of And
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Being Who I Want to Remember Myself as Having Been
Jake and I started the week by talking with our rabbi’s social justice class at a local college about what it’s like to be a transgender sixteen-year-old. I talked about what it’s like to be the mother of a transgender kid. I told the class that one thing I learned from being Jake’s — and his non-binary … Continue reading Being Who I Want to Remember Myself as Having Been