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In high school, Xan said they hung out with a bunch of people who are now all transitioning. Xan said they were all just very closeted trans folks hanging out together, of course, no one was out or knew anything about it.
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In high school, Xan said they hung out with a bunch of people who are now all transitioning. Xan said they were all just very closeted trans folks hanging out together, of course, no one was out or knew anything about it.
Xan works as a Research Assistant in the Institute for Communication Research (ICR) at the Media School. They study avatar creation and avatar embodiment for transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse players.
Early in her transition, Erin kept a diary of actions that felt right without mentally assigning them a label. She says, "I think I made it a month, maybe a month and a half max before I kind of just gave up. It's like I've consistently wanted only female presentation and to be like, I, my mind keeps gravitating so strongly towards calling myself a woman that I think at this point, I'm fooling no one."
Elliot identifies as transmasculine, but isn't quite sure where he lands there. Right now, they are just focused on feeling as good as they can.
Transitioning is the process a person undergoes in order to align their gender expression or body with their gender identity. Transitioning can include medical, legal and social aspects and these steps, which can also be referred to as gender affirming care, can vary from person to person. Our story shares the experiences of transgender individuals and their access to gender affirming care in Bloomington and IU.
Elliot Wilson is a freshman who lives in the Collins Living-Learning Center, which they said is known for being very queer friendly. When they were first signing up for dorms, Elliot said they were so nervous trying to figure it out. He was nervous because he “still didn't even know how I identify gender wise, you know?”
Erin Ewart is a 5th year graduate student in the physics department who sought out IU because it has one of the biggest neutrino physics programs in the country. She began taking hormones through the IU Student Health Center in May 2020 after publically presenting as female for six months.
Dr. Laura Knudson is the chair of the gender affirming care team at the IU Student Health Center, which offers hormone therapy, initiation and maintenance, and gender affirming mental health services. For Knudson, gender affirming care is creating a space where people of all genders feel safe, welcomed and affirmed.
Xan’s tattoo is of the hanged man tarot card, but with top surgery scars. It symbolizes the embracement of the unknown in transitioning, letting go and “where your power is coming from.” The hanged man card, Xan said, used to freak them out but they suddenly understood the card’s meaning while waiting for their testosterone injection appointments early in their medical transition.
Xan, who is nonbinary transmasculine, doesn’t have a concrete label. The most concrete label they have is trans masc nonbinary, but that’s as concrete as they’re going to get and they like that. Xan says it gives them a lot of flexibility to just be who they are. They began medically transitioning last November and had to learn how to inject themself. At the Student Health Center, a nurse taught them how to inject, switching the needles and measuring.
There were times when Xan didn’t know how long they would be taking testosterone as sometimes people who are transmasculine nonbinary decide to take testosterone shots for a short period of time before switching to a gel, which has smaller effects. Xan thought they might do that, but is loving testosterone and where they are going and said they will probably be on testosterone forever.
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Editor’s Note: This story includes mention of sexual violence.
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Editor’s Note: This story includes mention of sexual violence.
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