Five years in transition

Does it get better?

The author rocking a jacket and colorful tie in September 2013, the month after they came out as transgender. Photo by Ziggy Tomcich.

Five years ago today, I announced my new name and non-binary gender identity to the world. While there have been many milestones in my gender transition, my nameday is the most significant, as its timing and execution were entirely under my own control. The medical and legal interventions would come later, but neither of those impacted or represented who I was inside — a revelation that…