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Perseverance on the Mountain: Ragnar Trail POV
Points of View Gray Harrison Points of View Gray Harrison

Perseverance on the Mountain: Ragnar Trail POV

On the day of the race, we pulled into the parking lot of Crystal Mountain Resort, the sun already blazing the dry, dusty dirt. The race was already underway, and our team’s first runner was on the course. We unloaded our gear at our team’s campsite, while people around us did quad stretches, hoisted pirate flags, and donned compression socks, cow costumes, and sparkles.

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Trans* Talk: It’s Never Too Late
Columns Parker Dean Columns Parker Dean

Trans* Talk: It’s Never Too Late

Trans folks have existed throughout history, but so many of us were forced into hiding due to societal pressure, laws that threatened to eliminate us, and fear. But we existed, we exist now, and we will exist forever. And it is never too late to become who you are.

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Soft Life, Hard Lessons: The Price of Peace
Columns Lynette Evans Columns Lynette Evans

Soft Life, Hard Lessons: The Price of Peace

So here I am: rebuilding, relearning, re-everything. Washington State, bless its procedural little heart, makes you wait a full 90 days before you can even finalize a divorce. Raggedy. I could’ve been free by now, had my soon-to-be-ex not spent nine rounds avoiding the process server like it was tag at recess. So yes, I’m irritated.

I winced when my therapist—a doctor, mind you—named him a narcissist who love-bombed me at the beginning. You could’ve held my hand for that, sis.

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