Yesterday I sang on stage to an audience for the first time since probably what, 1993…? It was nerve-racking, and exhilarating, and joyful and euphoric. Here I am, reclaiming my voice, rewriting my own internal narrative around it, and telling dysphoria to fuck off while I’m having fun.

If you had told me a year ago that I would do this, I would have laughed in your face. The journey truly takes us to parts unknown, and enriches us at every step, and I am carried through it by the love of my friends.