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  1. 39% of trans people experience serious psychological distress — not because of who we are, but because of how the world treats us. Mother's Day belongs to me too. Here's the column and the research behind why.
    twp.ai/4hr9pe
    #TransMom #TransMother #MothersDay #LGBTQ #TransRights #QueerFamily #Motherhood #ThistleAndMoss #Trans

  2. I spent 37 years trying to silence the voice that knew I was a woman. At 46 I stopped. At 53 I'm asking what it means to be a mother — and why parenting research has better answers than any legislature.
    twp.ai/4hr9pX
    #TransMom #LGBTQ #Trans #TransWomen #Motherhood #MothersDay #QueerParent #ThistleAndMoss #TransRights

  3. The argument they don't want stated plainly: motherhood was never about biology. It was assigned there. I'm 53, trans, and I've been doing the labor of motherhood my entire life. I wrote the column.
    twp.ai/4hr9pY
    #TransMom #TransMother #LGBTQ #TransRights #Motherhood #MothersDay #QueerFamily #ThistleAndMoss #Trans

  4. (playing and hugging my child)

    Child: Wait, your boob is choking me! It’s pressing against my throat!

    Me: Ok, that was weirdly affirming.

    #TransMom #TransParenting #AffirmingMoments #ParentingHumor