All the microaggressions you never wanted — It was New Year’s Eve and we had brought our three kids to visit their granny for a few days. The kids were in bed, and myself, my wife, and my mom had just finished watching Spider-Man: Homecoming. I was clicking through Netflix to see what else caught our eyes. …

Coming out and making sexy time! — See my pinned post for part one of my introduction to Medium. This is a running narrative of my coming out and transition process. A few months after our wedding, I sank into the deepest depression I can remember. It was bad. I mean really bad. I have no idea…

How I tried to bury the real me — I tried so hard, I really did. I stuck her in a box, nailed it shut. I sobbed as I piled on layers of earth. And when I was done, I took a breath, turned around, and she was watching me with a smile. “Hey babe! What are you up…

Nobody warned me it would be this hard — It has been one year since my first girlfriend died. No, not that kind of girlfriend — I’m married with kids. I mean the kind of girlfriend that pretty much every woman has. Actually, she usually has more than one. I transitioned beginning in 2018 while living in Quebec City. I only speak a little French, and I don’t understand…

This is how I traded my uniform for one that fits a little differently — I’m going to talk about what it was like for me to come out as transgender in the military and transition in uniform. This is not new territory for the Canadian Armed Forces, as we’ve been openly accepting of trans members for many years now. …

A tale of terror and transformation — I wrote this story in a single, fevered burst one afternoon in the summer of 2020. It was really my first attempt at fiction (inspired by actual events) since I was a teenager, and I definitely stuck to writing about what I know. I hope you enjoy it. The cabin…