PinnedJoanna MillsinIdentity CurrentWhen You Get Hit Over The Head By BarbieBarbie is a perfect allegory for being transgender.Jun 166Jun 166
PinnedJoanna MillsGetting To Know Me, Getting To Know All About Me And Then SomeSpoiler Alert — No online passwords or security questions were compromised in the writing of this pieceMar 243Mar 243
PinnedJoanna MillsinAge of EmpathyHow To Conquer Being Other in a Transgender LifeI never asked to be different like this. This is just who I am.Feb 1212Feb 1212
PinnedJoanna MillsinThe MemoiristDad’s Beautiful Advice Saved My Mom and His Transgender Baby GirlI got my mother in a whirl; pretty sure I should have been born a girl.Mar 8, 202315Mar 8, 202315
PinnedJoanna MillsinGender From The TrenchesTransgendering Your Life(or, did Albert Brooks lay a moderately successful film on a foundation of the transgender experience?)Sep 30, 20208Sep 30, 20208
Joanna MillsinPink Hair & PronounsTrans People Choose Between Bad And Bad Every DayThe ‘How to be a Girl’ podcast discusses having a transgender child from a parent’s perspective.3d ago113d ago11
Joanna MillsinPink Hair & PronounsI’ve Been Running From My “Most Excellent Self” My Whole LifeAm I running toward, or away from, my authentic gender identity?Jun 303Jun 303
Joanna MillsinPink Hair & PronounsFather’s Day Dissociative FeelingsI do not resonate with Father’s Day, but I embrace it for my kids.Jun 154Jun 154
Joanna MillsinPink Hair & PronounsYou Can Be Whatever You Want To Be — Except An Athlete.We tell our kids they can be whatever they want to be. Can they reasonably believe it and expect our support when they take us at our word?Jun 107Jun 107
Joanna MillsinPink Hair & PronounsI Wanted to Fade Into the Floor After My CoverGirl BlunderI should have checked my face more closely before leaving for practice that morning.Jun 45Jun 45