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The History of Transgender Awareness Month in the United States
Transgender Awareness Month is an annual celebration that takes place each November in the United States, aiming to elevate the voices...
Ashley Craig
Oct 7, 20245 min read
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Color Me Prideful
I had a conversation the other day with someone about Pride symbols and what they mean to our community. I said those of us in the...

Simone Kraus
Jun 30, 20232 min read
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D-List
A concerned friend and mentor recently said to me: “I hope you have eyes in the back of your head. Be careful out there!” With the...

Simone Kraus
Jun 9, 20235 min read
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Out of My Hands
Once I had thought that my transition and ability to live my life were in my hands. As I tried to balance the strains it put on my...

Simone Kraus
May 19, 20233 min read
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John 15:13
"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13 In September of 2021, I got a phone...

Simone Kraus
May 12, 20234 min read
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Tear it Up
Despite my history and the fact that I was on a hit-series on HBO not too long ago, I am not a fan of the spotlight. I would much prefer...

Simone Kraus
May 5, 20235 min read
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How We Got Here
I had a wonderful childhood, raised by incredible parents who love us more than anything in this world. We lost one of our own. My...

Simone Kraus
Apr 21, 20234 min read
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Frau’s Prediction
It was October 2015 just weeks before the Presidential election. And I stopped in to pick up a pizza in Pine Island. There was a...

Simone Kraus
Apr 6, 20234 min read
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Two Birthdays
I was born in the year of the Fire Rooster under the sign of Gemini, the twins. Here I sit in the dark. It’s an hour before sunrise....

Simone Kraus
Mar 31, 20233 min read
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The Two-Edged Sword of Visibility
Christine Jorgensen gained fame as the first American to have undergone sex reassignment surgery as it was known then. On Dec 1st, 1952,...

Simone Kraus
Mar 24, 20233 min read
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Coming Home
I had been laying up at night, scrolling through messages of support I had received from people all over the world after our episode of...

Simone Kraus
Mar 10, 20233 min read
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Birds of a Feather
When I was growing up, I knew I was different. This was before Stonewall. And honestly being a teenager in the early 70’s, there was very...

Simone Kraus
Mar 3, 20232 min read
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Ashley 2.0
If you are reading this, it is February 24th, which means that I, Ashley Craig, am three days into recovery post top-surgery. And I am...
Ashley Craig
Feb 24, 20233 min read
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Remember Your History
“Tales of the City” is a Netflix series with Olympia Dukakis in her role as Anna Madrigal. My friend Linda suggested this series to me....

Simone Kraus
Feb 17, 20232 min read
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Busy Bodies
My girlfriend calls me “her sleepy human”. She is right. With the alarm going off at 0500 hours during the week, I am usually lights out...
Ashley Craig
Feb 10, 20234 min read
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Perception
I have always been drawn to some parts of Japanese culture. The simplicity they have practiced for hundreds of years. The art of simple...

Simone Kraus
Feb 3, 20232 min read
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You Might Not Like Her
I came out as a gay woman seven years ago and it was the most freeing and empowering experience. I got to live authentically as me...
Ashley Craig
Jan 27, 20234 min read
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We Weren’t Born Yesterday.
Not much has changed since then but a couple of hundred years of time. So no, we weren’t born yesterday.

Simone Kraus
Jan 20, 20232 min read
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Still We Rise
Sometimes life punches you in the gut so fucking hard. Then, when you come up for air, you gasp but your cracked and broken ribs make it...

Simone Kraus
Jan 13, 20235 min read
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Bamboo
It’s still 2 hours till dawn, as I shuffle into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. Yes shuffle, or that's how my wife describes what...

Simone Kraus
Jan 4, 20233 min read
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