Roughly one year ago, in February 2022, sixteen swimmers on the University of Pennsylvania women’s team penned a letter to their school officials, hoping to prevent Lia Thomas—their teammate and a trans woman—from competing in the NCAA championships the very next month.
Last March, I was sitting at a cramped desk in my college library when I received an email that I had a new message in my patient portal. Having just…
Photography and Transition
People like to ask, “When did you realize you were trans?” I never know how to answer. The short answer is: January 15th, 2021, the first time I ever…

Leah Long