Prism & Pen

I am bruised and aching, but I am trying to ground myself before I wake up my teen child to the news

Transform yourself, transform the world

Letting my inner mama bear rise up

Short Fiction from “Prairie Death Tales,” Volume 3

Stumbling Towards Gilead — Chapter Nine

The people who seek to do us harm are far more damaged than we are.

Nigel Coles says equality would end the Baptist Union of Great Britain, implying affirming Christians are not disciples of Christ

Dragon chapter contest prompt

What if it’s just internalized misogyny?

My gender exists because …

An unexpected encounter

I do things to appreciate the community, and love is the core of my pride

I felt like something was “off” at 4 years old. I knew I didn’t feel like a boy.

Notes from the margin

‘Don’t Say Gay’ is doing EXACTLY what LGBTQ advocates warned it would do

Two-stepping into fabulous mystery

I am no longerashamed, However

Current debates around trans participation are so offensively uncreative and exhausting

What Pride Means for Me–a poem

Major Pride events disrupted. Extremists go after small children.

Processing: we didn’t know what else to say.

Stumbling Towards Gilead — Chapter Eight

They are the same thing

With all the attacks on LGBTQ+ people lately, we need some good news

Watching individual liberty fall from the Red State of Texas

And other marginalized people

Part III: She’s stretching herself in all directions for her daughter