My Year of Queer Sisterhood

<p>Iwrite to share with you my love for four dear women I befriended this year as a woman. I came out as a trans in June 2022. After a combination of factors delayed my social and medical transition (seasonal affective disorder,&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/prismnpen/job-hunting-for-the-first-time-as-openly-trans-58f3b108f816" rel="noopener">incompatible career</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-substitute-teaching-crisis-almost-prevented-me-from-having-a-child-1494a4f0d980" rel="noopener">sperm bank scheduling conflicts</a>), I began hormones in February. After a four month pause from April to August, I&rsquo;m five months strong on estrogen, and it&rsquo;s wonderful. I&rsquo;m grounded. Centered. To my constant physical discomfort my psyche said: gurl bye.</p> <p>And to four women, my heart said: hi, I love you. With these women I&rsquo;ve become a new type of sister. And they&rsquo;ve become sisters to me. To structure my reflections, I did a five card tarot reading, each card from its own deck.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/prismnpen/my-year-of-queer-sisterhood-d1913951ebbd"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>