InFemsplainbySebastian Lavender·May 27, 2017My Existential Crisis as a Femme-Presenting Trans ManSince the day I came out as a trans man, people have assumed that I would drop my femininity like a bad habit.A response icon7A response icon7
InFemsplainbySebastian Lavender·May 9, 2017How To Achieve No Contact With A Toxic Or Abusive PersonWe all have people in our lives that we would rather not deal with. Maybe you have a “friend” who brings negative energy into your life and…A response icon6A response icon6
InFemsplainbySebastian Lavender·Apr 10, 2017Leaving My Family and Inheriting My Dead Grandmother’s DogRecently, my maternal grandmother passed away, a woman I never really got to know due to her agoraphobia and a plethora of other…A response icon2A response icon2
Sebastian Lavender·Jan 21, 2017I Found Hope For The Future in An UberYesterday, I had a panic attack on the Q Train. I, like everyone else around me, was trying not to think about the Inauguration. That just…
InFemsplainbySebastian Lavender·Jan 20, 2017In 2016, I Accepted That I’m a ManDespite the fact that 2016 was terrifying and disappointing in so many ways, I will forever remember it as the year I was most honest with…A response icon9A response icon9
Sebastian Lavender·Nov 11, 2016Losing Great Aunt Florrie and Our HumanityI found out Trump won the presidential election the same day I found out my great Aunt Florrie was dying. While I was in Westchester with…
InFemsplainbySebastian Lavender·Nov 1, 2016On Humanity and Voter IntimidationThe other day, I was happily browsing through my local pet store with my mom. I doted over the bouncy chinchillas with unrelenting…A response icon12A response icon12
InFemsplainbySebastian Lavender·Oct 13, 2016I Was Trolled IRL By My FriendsBeing a writer and a queer feminine person on the Internet, I’m certainly no stranger to the world of trolls. Every week, the same…
Sebastian Lavender·Jul 22, 2016Grappling With The Ghost Of Girlfriends Past and Feeling UndeservingI’ve gone through much of my life with this deep, instinctual sense that I am as undeserving as they come. It’s something that I don’t…
InFemsplainbySebastian Lavender·Jul 6, 2016I have Vaginismus, but I’m not a “Virgin”One night my friends and I were chatting in our hotel in India over weed and the piles of cookies we hoarded from the convenience store…A response icon1A response icon1