TransLana

Welcome to one transwoman’s memories, experiences, and transition as seen through the art, media, and society that surrounded her.

This is for all of us in the trans community and those not yet here.

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Wait, Not Everyone Thinks That?

“Are you sure?” I ask my therapist, incredulously and also a little hopeful. “Yes,” she says, letting a friendly knowing smile out the side of her mouth and adds, “I certainly haven’t.” I sat there in silence for a moment, marveling at how well I had convinced myself that that wasn’t the case, as my…

The First Time I Saw Myself in Movies

I don’t have a fairly good memory of my childhood. It’d always been a running joke with my friends and family that they knew my childhood memories better than I did. The memories weren’t missing, or repressed you might assume, but rather morphed into a vague swirl of general feelings and hyper-specific moments bumping into…

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