Emily
(she/her/hers)
Emily Sloan is a white, transgender woman who always knew she was different. But Emily didn’t identify as transgender until 2019, at 62, when she came across YouTube videos by trans women sharing their stories and something “exploded in [her] head.” She currently lives in Birch Bay, Washington, with her wife of 37 years.
Here, Emily talks about coming out to her wife, her two adult daughters, and at work. She also discusses the joy she’s felt since transitioning, her growing self-confidence, finding trans friends online and a desire to be more social and build community.
Related archival material:
In vignette 15, Emily mentions the 1992 film, The Crying Game. The film is discussed in the April/May 1993 issue of Gender Trash From Hell, linked here from the Digital Transgender Archive.
Citation: Phillippa, Xanthra. "Gender Trash From Hell #1." Pamphlet. 1993. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/xg94hp65x (accessed September 24, 2023).
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