I like to ask real questions. When I meet a person and they say, “My husband this...” or “My wife that…” I regularly ask, “Do you like...

A morning like so many others. Uneventful. Lunch-making and listening. The stagnant grey of mid-January in northern Virginia calling...

Love and merriment to you, friends. I hope you'll make time to be overcome, if only momentarily, by blessed gratitude for whatever it is...

I love joy. Love. It. Surprise? Bring it! Magic? Yes, please. Perhaps what I love most about these experiences is that they are available...

I’m going to tell you a story. It’s still happening. To me. Inside me. This story is not about you in any specific sense. That said, my...

The thing about “they” as a pronoun is that it is far from neutral, particularly when heard and used, or -- not heard or used -- by...

I have given a lot of bad advice. I never meant to do it. It just happened. I was trying to help. I was trying to stop the pain. Aren’t...

“I always enjoy Cal’s presentations, but I thought it was deeply inappropriate to throw Critical Race Theory into the middle of a...

Since spreading the word about my top surgery in January of this year, I have heard from friends both close and distant asking if I would...

I think a lot about what it means to a woman. Female is easy to tag. It’s biology. It’s anatomy. With some notable and important...

We are nothing without each other and yet, we treat each other like we’re nothing. We have got to do so much better. Last night, my...

“Hang on to this nasty ol’ lifeless skin for me, will ya?” said no snake ever. Here I sit. Just about 3 months into boob-free livin’....

Dear Body, As your only and most faithful tenant these many years, I must say, you’re the bomb. Lest you think me a common mid-Atlantic...

Martin Luther King Day will be observed in our nation for the 26th time this year. Ronald Reagan signed the bill in 1983 and the first...

“Gah! That guy just spilled my coffee!” Actually, “that guy” just spilled whatever was in your cup. Could have been water. Could have...

We had an election. The chips fell, as they say. One guy didn’t win. That’s how elections go. There’s a person who wins and a person who...

I live in Arlington, Virginia “Arlington will be a diverse and inclusive world-class urban community with secure, attractive residential...

Remember that scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where he comes barreling down the stone passageway into what looks like a...

On Monday morning, I went to a consult with a surgeon to see about having what is often called in the trans community "top surgery." For...

“Ugh. That thing she said? It totally triggered me.” How many times have you heard this or something like it in the last handful of...