Family Values: A Small-Town Southern Man Talks About His (Trans) Daughter

Allison Washington
Aug 27, 2017 · 1 min read

John is one of my readers. He is also a self-described ‘70-yr-old, straight white southern man’, living in a small town in the US state of Georgia, and father of Lucy, ‘a most delightful and charming young woman’.

Lucy happens to be trans. This is John’s testimonial.

❤ Allison


I make a spare living doing this. You can support my work and get draft previews and my frequent ‘Letters Home’ for less than the cost of a coffee.

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Allison Washington

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Journalist & essayist. Reporting from Cairo.

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