“It just feels like nothing’s happening, Dad. Like this is going to be forever. I’m such a freak.”
“You’re not a freak, we’ve talked about that. That’s not going to ...
I pass by the mourners by the door: my mother, my father and my sister who was too young to understand what was going on. Her big sister would soon ...
Sometimes I go back in time and meet myself. This time I see myself, fifteen years old, in the basement of my grandparents’ house, cutting the sleeves off a ...
Honey flounces down onto a bar stool and throws shade at the guy standing opposite: forehead furrowed, nose pinched, her whole aura glowering like it’s made of acid-lemon. Just because ...
As my uncle stumbles over pronouns and nomenclature, I look out to see the sky being pulled in every direction and I think about her—being pulled like that, every which ...
“One of the biggest battlefields upon which the fight for transgender rights is taking place daily is within the public restrooms”
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CN Lester questions the phrase ‘trapped in the wrong body’, which has long been a cliché in coverage of transgender lives. Meditating on a Joan Miró painting, Lester asks if ...
Cover Art: Lana by Si Scott Contents: Letter from the Editor by Juliet Jacques Bodies by CN Lester Walking with Alice by Jet Moon Holiday Camp by Juliet Jacques Recognition ...
The Transgender Issue Dear Reader, Putting together a transgender edition of Litro has been a harder endeavour than you may imagine. Over the last five years, huge strides have been ...
A young trans woman mourns the death of her grandmother, and then deals with the ripple effects of being told to attend the funeral as a boy.
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