TransRural Lives
A digital storytelling project exploring and celebrating the lives of transgender, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse older adults who live in or have strong ties to rural areas and small towns in the Pacific Northwest.
Story Archive Categories
Story Archive Tags
- activism 1
- adolescence 8
- affirmation 11
- aging 4
- anxiety 6
- childhood 4
- children 5
- coming out 12
- community 12
- community groups 4
- creativity 3
- family 10
- friends 4
- gender expression 6
- gender ideals 2
- gender identitiy 3
- identity realizations 5
- intimacy 1
- joy 11
- lgbtq+ groups 5
- life course 5
- living 1
- loss 1
- medical care 2
- medical transition 5
- mental health 3
- online 4
- pandemic 4
- parents 10
- religion/spirituality 4
- representation 4
- repression 5
- rural life 12
- rural-urban movements 1
- sex-gender 1
- sexuality 1
- spouses/partners 4
- stealth 1
- support 11
- survival 4
- survival strategies 4
- thriving 11
- trans groups 8
- trans support groups 2
- transition 3
- transition stories 3
- travel 4
- unlearning gender 1
- urban-rural movements 3
- work 9
I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for those that did what they did that allowed it to where I could do what I do, be who I am. ~ Tylene Carnell
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I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for those that did what they did that allowed it to where I could do what I do, be who I am. ~ Tylene Carnell 〰️
"People didn't get glammy in fishing and logging towns that many years ago." ~ Ginger Li
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"People didn't get glammy in fishing and logging towns that many years ago." ~ Ginger Li 〰️
When I came out, Emerald City was there, as a social group. And I was so lucky to find them and it brought a whole bunch of people into my life and got me out doing things. ~ Veronica Steed
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When I came out, Emerald City was there, as a social group. And I was so lucky to find them and it brought a whole bunch of people into my life and got me out doing things. ~ Veronica Steed 〰️
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