Allison Washington
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

OMG, Steve, you are amazing and I am speechless…

(OK, not speechless — that doesn’t happen — but you’re still amazing. :-)

Far from being weird, this is the precise conclusion I came to and the basis for how I am proceeding. And I think you are the first person so say this back to me. To hear this from a cisgender man is kind of…stunning. Thank you. ❤

The worry, of course, is being outed before one has a chance to address the matter. (How would things have gone with you and your wife if, in early days, you had discovered something triggering that she’d not yet revealed?) This isn’t too likely with me (despite my public persona I’m actually pretty deep in the woodwork in my private life), but would be for a lot of trans women, in this wireless age.

May I have your permission to paraphrase and share what you’ve written here? If so, would you rather be anonymous, or credited (with link)?

Again, thank you so much. You are encouraging, and this is super validating.

❤ Allison

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    Journalist & essayist. Reporting from Cairo.