I recently wrote a tweet that got 60+ retweets and nearly 150 likes which read, “\m/ being trans is the most metal thing you can be \m/” and I pinned the tweet to my profile and while, yes, it was a joke in reference to an actual Vatican cardinal denouncing trans people as “demonic,” as “causing the death of God,” I believe every word of the tweet. Thinking about why it resonates so much with me is like a thorough unbuttoning.
Read MoreThis essay originally appeared in Barrelhouse print issue 18, which you can totally buy by clicking on this link.