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Saoirse

she/her

Published in
Identity Current

Growing Up Transgender in a Hostile World

Affirmation is not abuse.

May 4

person standing by ocean joyously spreading arms

May 4

Published in
Prism & Pen

Remember Trans Day of Visibility? For Us, It Is Every Day.

I am transgender, I don’t turn invisible the rest of the year and neither do most of us, unless we both pass and live our lives in stealth.

Apr 7

Remember Trans Day of Visibility? For Us, It Is Every Day.

Apr 7

Published in
Prism & Pen

This is Our Country: We Must ALL Stand for Queer and Other Oppressed People

We cannot afford to wait; acting now may be costly, but not acting could be forever.

Mar 19

This is Our Country: We Must ALL Stand for Queer and Other Oppressed People

Mar 19

Published in
The Orange Journal

Love Will Overcome! Stubborn Positivity and Inclusion

What to write dear readers? I have to confess, I seesaw all too often between hope to despair and rage. I have written pieces that for me…

Mar 2

Love Will Overcome! Stubborn Positivity and Inclusion

Mar 2

Published in
The Orange Journal

Transgender Yet I Am Seen, I Belong, and I am Loved❣️

So are you!

Feb 22

Transgender Yet I Am Seen, I Belong, and I am Loved❣️

Feb 22

Published in
Prism & Pen

Transgender Erasure? I Looked at Myself. Nope, I Am Still Here!

Reality is not only still there, but the whiteout is a sign of weakness.

Feb 16

Transgender Erasure? I Looked at Myself. Nope, I Am Still Here!

Feb 16

If Someone Says Your Identity Is False, Does That Change Your Identity?

Okay, the answer is clearly a resounding, “NO!” Even so, I will delve into this to see if we can elicit some useful observations about and…

Jan 29

If Someone Says Your Identity Is False, Does That Change Your Identity?

Jan 29

Published in
Prism & Pen

Trans Thoughts: What Does Choosing Hope Over Hopelessness Mean to You?

2025 is a year of contradictions for me, I hope it is for you too!

Jan 12

Trans Thoughts: What Does Choosing Hope Over Hopelessness Mean to You?

Jan 12

Published in
Prism & Pen

LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! Here’s My Personal Story.

I spent nearly 60 years in purgatory, I’m here to stay!

Dec 3, 2024

LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! Here’s My Personal Story.

Dec 3, 2024

Published in
Prism & Pen

My Old Queer Ass: A Sequel Story of Hope

I remind myself after the election, that for all of us, it has been worse at some point. I must be part of the answer.

Nov 16, 2024

Feet of two people standing on a sidewalk emblazoned: Passion led us here

Nov 16, 2024

Saoirse

Saoirse

she/her

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I am at heart, a naïve glass overflowing, gullible kind of transgender girl. I know how to be cynical, but that’s not me.

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