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Rude But Affirming Behaviors: A Transgender Woman’s Entry To Womanhood

It’s unfortunate that it took transitioning to understand how women are treated as 2nd-class — and that this treatment is something that…

8 min readOct 24, 2020

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Rude But Affirming Behaviors: A Transgender Woman’s Entry To Womanhood

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An Injustice!

Death and Loss: When Counting Your Blessings Isn’t Enough

I’d seen sadness before. A few times in my life I had seen adult men, downtrodden when their favorite football team took a bad beat, but…

8 min readJul 30, 2021

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Death and Loss: When Counting Your Blessings Isn’t Enough

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Standing Out After Coming Out

The surprise result of transitioning was that I suddenly became memorable to… everyone.

6 min readMay 1, 2021

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Standing Out After Coming Out

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Name Calling: The Renaming, Deadnaming, and Name Claiming of a Transgender Woman

Hearing people call you by your new name feels like floating. But hearing someone call you by your old name feels like a punch in the gut.

6 min readNov 14, 2020

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Name Calling: The Renaming, Deadnaming, and Name Claiming of a Transgender Woman

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A Reflection: 2 Years After Coming Out as Transgender

Two years ago today my path forked, and my life was changed forever.

4 min readOct 22, 2020

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A Reflection: 2 Years After Coming Out as Transgender

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Buried Alive: Digging Up My Gender Identity

I found myself a long time ago. I’ve known myself since I was young; I just kept putting her somewhere safe — while others tried to bury…

5 min readOct 18, 2020

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Buried Alive: Digging Up My Gender Identity

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My First Curse: An Exvangelical Trans Woman’s Journey to the F-word

I was willing to change my gender before I was willing to say the word “Fuck.”

6 min readSep 12, 2020

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My First Curse: An Exvangelical Trans Woman’s Journey to the F-word

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Swimming Down the Sidewalk

The Power of Privilege, and the Eye-Opening Effects of Losing it in One Fell Swoop.

8 min readAug 15, 2020

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Swimming Down the Sidewalk

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Nia Chiaramonte

Nia Chiaramonte

People Loving, Margin Building, Post-Vangelical, Trans Woman. Learn more about Nia at loveintheface.com/about. @finding.nia on Instagram.

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