Archive - Gender Defiant: Folks Raising Genderqueer Kids

COMING OUT, LIKE A FLOWER

Don’t we have better things to do than tell folks they have to be someone or something they aren’t?

Feb 19 •

Tina Carson (she/they)

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"When the egg breaks there is no going back; there is your life before and your life after. I was living in this shell when my daughter came out to me."

Feb 12 •

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Read Between the Lines

"Step 1: Continue committing the forbidden act..."

Feb 5 •

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What I Need Defending From

"The most dangerous people can be the ones we sleep beside."

Feb 4 •

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Tina Carson (she/they)

January 2025

Alone with My Child's Childhood

When my trans daughter said "don’t send me photos anymore," it felt like she ripped herself out of our shared past.

Jan 29 •

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You Are Hereby Directed to Smile More

Trump Declares All American Citizens Female

Jan 22 •

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YOU'VE GOT THIS. (How Will You Spend Inaguration Day?)

We here at Gender Defiant prefer to think of it as Martin Luther King Day.

Jan 19 •

WHY THIS IS HAPPENING

"Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair."

Jan 18 •

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UGLY ALGORITHMS: ANOTHER THING BEING TINA TAUGHT ME

Tina gets her own phone. (This a rerun from March 2024. Strange how 2025 it feels.)

Jan 17 •

Election Disbelief

"When I woke up to his win on the Wednesday morning of November 6th, I felt physically ill. He had demonized my child, used her as a pawn in his divide…

Jan 15 •

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Conservative Minds

"Many times when talking to conservative people in this town I’ve thought, You’d count me as a friend if it weren’t for politics."

Jan 8 •

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GET TO KNOW US IN 2025! INTRODUCING OUR GENDER DEFIANT FAMILY

How dare we call ourselves “family”? We only just came together as writers a few months ago! Yet here we are: launched into the intimacy of shared…

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Tina Carson (she/they)

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