Angst – Tragic Gender Story

Sometimes I Don’t Know What to Do with Cis People

Last week, I got hit by two shitty “trans people are fakers” jokes within two days, from two different people I care about.

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Lessons from My Father

Content warning for mentions of alcoholism and emotional abuse.

Things My Father Taught Me

Star Wars and Star Trek are great and you can like both. You can swing both ways. There’s no need to choose.

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Hi, my name’s Tristan. I'm a trans writer. The title “Tragic Gender Story” comes from a sarcastic song I wrote once about the way transgender stories are portrayed in the media. I can’t force mainstream news media to start talking about transgender people in a sensible way, but I can share my own story and hope to get a nice butterfly effect going.

Many of my posts will be about gender identity, but lots will be about disability rights too. I may also talk about other social justice-type things and anything that strikes my fancy.

I might use some vocabulary that you're unfamiliar with. Please check out the "Trans 101" and "Other Vocabulary" links at the top right if you need an explanation. There's also a content warning page up there if you're concerned about upsetting or triggering content.