"As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale and more than a landscape.
Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which the can flourish and grow.
Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home".

"Having a nonbinary or trans teacher in junior high would have meant the world to me. Every time I fail to give my prounons I feel like a coward. But coming out can still be really scary, even after all this time".