Queer Resilience

The real reason to work through trauma before gender affirming surgeries

A conversation about trauma, pain, and surgical recovery through the lens of gender-affirming care

Jun 1 • Nyle Biondi

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May 2026

Laying Down Roots

On transness, home, chickens, community, and learning to imagine a future

May 19 • Nyle Biondi

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Mother’s Day, Fishing, and the Parent I Became

On gender, parenthood, transition, and the people who make room for us to become ourselves.

May 10 • Nyle Biondi

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March 2026

What Trans Visibility Actually Feels Like

For a long time, my goal was simple: blend in. On Trans Day of Visibility, I’ve been thinking about what it actually means to be seen.

Mar 31 • Nyle Biondi

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Before I Swim, I Calculate the Room

What going to the pool looks like for a white, cis-passing trans man in the United States right now.

Mar 17 • Nyle Biondi

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I Didn’t Change My Documents to Deceive Anyone

There is a claim circulating right now that transgender people change our legal documents in order to deceive others. I want to explain why that claim…

Mar 9 • Nyle Biondi

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February 2026

On Survival, Fission, and the Inevitability of Us

The Coyote Paradox and the Myth of Trans Contagion

Feb 8 • Nyle Biondi

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Why We’re Seeing More Trans People Than Ever Before, and Why it's Not What You've Been Told

On visibility, backlash, and the brief illusion of safety

Feb 3 • Nyle Biondi

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January 2026

On Safety, Belonging, and the Spaces We Create

When exclusion is mistaken for safety

Jan 27 • Nyle Biondi

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What the Wellness Industry Misses About Nervous System Regulation

On trauma, power, and the limits of individual regulation

Jan 18 • Nyle Biondi

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We Are Being Harmed, and We Are Not Powerless

Political violence, nervous systems, and what we can do next

Jan 11 • Nyle Biondi

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December 2025

Love Notes: Final Batch of the Year

Hundreds of reminders that we are not alone

Dec 30, 2025 • Nyle Biondi

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