As I’m writing this I’m sitting on an airplane headed to Austin, Texas, where I’ll do the workshop premiere of the opera ‘Good Country’. I’ll be performing as a transgender character for the first time, and it’s also the first new work I’ve collaborated with. As yesterday was Transgender Day of Visibility, I wanted to […]
When I was a kid, I never thought I was a boy, and never necessarily wanted to be a boy. I was very comfortable in ‘boys clothes’ and happy doing ‘boy things’ like play video games or run around in the woods climbing trees and building forts. I never felt like a boy though, I […]
The past year has been a whirlwind; following my summer experiences as a member of the Glyndebourne Academy, I moved to a small German town where I’ve been doing more and more singing. When I came out as trans* and started testosterone I let go of my expectations of being a regularly working singer, but […]
New pronouns can be hard to wrap your head around if you’re experiencing them for the first time, or are trying to use something new with an old friend. And if they use an uncommon pronoun (xe/ze/they/etc.), it might seem overwhelming. It’s OK to be insecure, but don’t let it get in the way of […]
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A little while ago I came out very publicly as trans* to Facebook, Twitter, my website, and to my extended family. From what I’ve heard, this isn’t normal, but from the moment I knew that I wanted to come out, this is exactly how I wanted it to happen. Being trans* can mean a million things […]
I recently watched this episode of Everyone Is Gay, which wasn’t very long, but struck a chord with me. Take 3 minutes, I’ll wait… In case you were too anxious here’s the TL;DR version: A girl fell in love with a boy after being self-identified as gay since she was twelve, and she’s terrified of […]
Yesterday the internet exploded with the news that the ban on gay marriage was lifted in Michigan (my home state). That means that marriage was legal for same-sex couples. This morning I woke up to the news that an asshole Attorney General filed a request for the order to be appealed. This means that everyone […]
On a day to day basis, it’s sort of a fact of life that there are Men’s bathrooms and Women’s bathrooms. This doesn’t bother the majority of people, because most people are OK with seeing themselves as a gender, and having the biological sex that corresponds to that gender, and then walking into a bathroom […]