Your Trans Cousin
@yourtranscousin.bsky.social
A personal touch on trans issues, backed by science. https://substack.com/@transcousin
From my new essay: A yard from me, the baby stands on its back legs, makes eye contact, and extends its left hand, as if offering an invisible toy. I crave to reach out but resist. @sciwritermag.bsky.social www.thesciencewriter.org/borders-stor...
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From my new essay: A yard from me, the baby stands on its back legs, makes eye contact, and extends its left hand, as if offering an invisible toy. I crave to reach out but resist. @sciwritermag.bsky.social www.thesciencewriter.org/borders-stor...
An open letter to parents of newly out trans kids.
A real letter I wrote to a couple whose teen had just come out as a girl.
swcole.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
A real letter I wrote to a couple whose teen had just come out as a girl.
swcole.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
An open letter to parents of newly out trans kids.
A real letter I wrote to a couple whose teen had just come out as a girl.
swcole.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
A real letter I wrote to a couple whose teen had just come out as a girl.
swcole.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
Loving seeing my piece in print! Thanks,
@masonjarpress.bsky.social
@masonjarpress.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Loving seeing my piece in print! Thanks,
@masonjarpress.bsky.social
@masonjarpress.bsky.social
My memoir essay, Confessions of a Toddler, is now out in this volume of Jarnal! Order now.
"I begged you to let me swim shirtless like my brothers. One day, you relented. I can still feel the ecstatic triumph when I lowered my bare chest into the water, giddy and euphoric."
"I begged you to let me swim shirtless like my brothers. One day, you relented. I can still feel the ecstatic triumph when I lowered my bare chest into the water, giddy and euphoric."
The new Jarnal is coming! You can order it here: masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/...
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My memoir essay, Confessions of a Toddler, is now out in this volume of Jarnal! Order now.
"I begged you to let me swim shirtless like my brothers. One day, you relented. I can still feel the ecstatic triumph when I lowered my bare chest into the water, giddy and euphoric."
"I begged you to let me swim shirtless like my brothers. One day, you relented. I can still feel the ecstatic triumph when I lowered my bare chest into the water, giddy and euphoric."
Book rec: My Child Is Trans, Now What? A Joy-Centered Approach to Support by Ben Greene of Good Queer News.
Greene, a white trans man, reframes transness as a call for joy and celebration. Parents, teachers, relatives, etc. of trans people, especially young ones, will benefit from this book.
Greene, a white trans man, reframes transness as a call for joy and celebration. Parents, teachers, relatives, etc. of trans people, especially young ones, will benefit from this book.
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Book rec: My Child Is Trans, Now What? A Joy-Centered Approach to Support by Ben Greene of Good Queer News.
Greene, a white trans man, reframes transness as a call for joy and celebration. Parents, teachers, relatives, etc. of trans people, especially young ones, will benefit from this book.
Greene, a white trans man, reframes transness as a call for joy and celebration. Parents, teachers, relatives, etc. of trans people, especially young ones, will benefit from this book.
Book rec: Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam (white, nonbinary person, he/they)
This book is a fascinating stroll through history and across continents, exploring various genders, gender bending, nonconformity, social roles, and people who lived outside the gender boxes.
This book is a fascinating stroll through history and across continents, exploring various genders, gender bending, nonconformity, social roles, and people who lived outside the gender boxes.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Book rec: Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam (white, nonbinary person, he/they)
This book is a fascinating stroll through history and across continents, exploring various genders, gender bending, nonconformity, social roles, and people who lived outside the gender boxes.
This book is a fascinating stroll through history and across continents, exploring various genders, gender bending, nonconformity, social roles, and people who lived outside the gender boxes.
Book rec: He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar. Everyone, read it! Schuyler (pinkmantaray) is a fierce, whip-smart author and advocate for trans rights. He swam for Harvard’s men’s swim team. As a Korean American, he brings a less-heard perspective.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Book rec: He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar. Everyone, read it! Schuyler (pinkmantaray) is a fierce, whip-smart author and advocate for trans rights. He swam for Harvard’s men’s swim team. As a Korean American, he brings a less-heard perspective.
Book rec: Transgender Inclusion: All the Things You Wanted to Ask Your Transgender Coworker But Shouldn’t by AC Fowlkes, PhD. Great for HR and coworkers of trans folks!
Fowlkes is a clinical psychologist and Black trans man. He serves on the board of the Trevor Project, where I used to work.
Fowlkes is a clinical psychologist and Black trans man. He serves on the board of the Trevor Project, where I used to work.
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Book rec: Transgender Inclusion: All the Things You Wanted to Ask Your Transgender Coworker But Shouldn’t by AC Fowlkes, PhD. Great for HR and coworkers of trans folks!
Fowlkes is a clinical psychologist and Black trans man. He serves on the board of the Trevor Project, where I used to work.
Fowlkes is a clinical psychologist and Black trans man. He serves on the board of the Trevor Project, where I used to work.