Help Wanted!
& Other Housekeeping
Update 7/21/25: I’m no longer hiring for the three roles previously listed here. To all who applied, I truly thank you. If you didn’t hear from me personally yet, I apologize. I did try to reply to all but my inbox is … a mess.
Know for now I’ve largely tabled the intended project(s); I may return to them if I find sufficient funding. Thanks again for your interest.
Other housekeeping announcements:
I’m (still) seeking a researcher/academic to collaborate with, maybe a data journalist. Someone whose professional focus is data sets and crunching numbers who’d be interested in co-bylining with me on the data-angle of the aftermath of my viral post about cis allyship — all the potential wisdom contained in the great heap of responses. Said responses haven’t stopped coming either (and I haven’t managed to even read all of them still, much as I’ve really tried). So …. Maybe whoever-it-is is also trans/gnc? And/or maybe they study bigotry itself or even specifically transphobia? Or how humans change our minds/unlearn (prior misguided views…)? Anyway, if you are someone who would want to maybe try to work on this project with me, please reach out via that contact form. I encourage folks to share this with anyone who may be interested… Please also see my long analysis inspired by / using many screenshots from the viral cis allyship thread … Part One. Part Two.
(A decade ago, for example, I collaborated with two data journalists on this big feature about police violence and its disproportionately high impact on folks diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities. FWIW, see: the long follow up to that piece I wrote later on.)
I’m soliciting stories from fellow trans masc folks who’ve received endometriosis diagnoses — whether only post-hysto like me, or whenever. Please see this public thread for more info on what I’m soliciting and why. In brief, if you’re willing and generous enough to share any of your own story with me, to start: Just summarize your story as short or as long as you like and it email it to my contact form here. (You can at any time ask to be anonymous/use a pseudonym; please just state so in your initial query if you prefer so and/or we can always discuss all such matters — if I contact you for further interview.) If I want to speak further with you, I may follow up and ask to arrange an interview (only if you want). I will try hard to respond to all these messages individually. Regardless: Know I feel great gratitude to all who share about something so intimate and vulnerable with me. This is just me beginning my research for such a story, so, if I do decide I want to write about your story potentially, know I will ask to interview you (much more) before ever doing so.
I’m also soliciting stories from trans americans who have moved from a red state to a blue, in recent months especially. I’m aware others have moved abroad; I’m only interested in covering the domestic angle in this forthcoming potential piece. If you (and your family/partner) have moved from a red state to a blue one because of trans-related concerns and you want to share your story with me, please reach out. Just use the contact form. Please share whatever you want in your initial email, enough for me to get some sense. If you want, you can specify already that you’ll want anonymity; I’ll follow up if I want to interview you further … Right now I’m just in search of potential sources and an interested editor; once I find such, I’d follow up with some who’ve reached out to me for proper interviews. Thank you, for your time and for sharing with me.