This post serves as a notice of my name and gender. I go by Jemma or “Jem” for short and I use they/them pronouns (or she/her in a pinch).
I considered writing a long post touching on transgender 101 topics, my personal journey, and the hopes/fears associated with being transgender. However, given that I am not a scholar of transgender science/philosophy, I don’t want to appear to speak for all trans people, and my story is not really that unique among trans people, I’ve …