When I Was a Mermaid

“…for children without words to know themselves, stories of creatures not quite human, who can make a deal to change their form into what they’ve always dreamed of being – that stuff sticks.”

Memories of childhood manifestations of our transgender nature are often difficult to access and even more difficult to put into words.

In When I was a mermaid ~ BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME EXISTED, 

cnlester at A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR directs us to their piece published at the TOAST.

Or, you can go directly to the article, 

“A Mythical Creature”: My Genderqueer Childhood