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The Beautiful Hospice Nurse

You wouldn’t know it to look at her, that Beautiful Hospice Nurse. How beautiful she really is! The way she comforts someone. The way she…

Jul 23, 2018

The Beautiful Hospice Nurse

Jul 23, 2018

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Hiding From Myself — a queer poem

The more one hides from their truth, the less one will learn about their true self.

5d ago

Hiding From Myself — a queer poem

5d ago

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Is That a Boy Riding a Girls Bike? A queer poem

She can wear a dress, because she’s modest

5d ago

Is That a Boy Riding a Girls Bike? A queer poem

5d ago

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The Pretzel Tree: A queer Metaphor poem

Not meant for human consumption

May 9

The Pretzel Tree: A queer Metaphor poem

May 9

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Safe Harbor: A poem for the marginalized.

In our life raft, rowing to survive

May 4

Safe Harbor: A poem for the marginalized.

May 4

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Adult Bookstores, Lingerie, and HIV: My Trans Terror in the 1970s and 80s

This story may be too graphic for some readers. However, it is a story that has to be told.

Apr 27

Adult Bookstores, Lingerie, and HIV: My Trans Terror in the 1970s and 80s

Apr 27

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A Transgender Woman Eating Eggs — a poem

Determined, she began a new life, the one she dreamed about.

Apr 26

A Transgender Woman Eating Eggs — a poem

Apr 26

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The Silly Things I Did as a Novice Trans Girl

Any experience I did have was in the closet.

Apr 14

The Silly Things I Did as a Novice Trans Girl

Apr 14

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Tell Me: Uncertainty in transition — a queer poem

I shall be, free from doubt.

Mar 29

Tell Me: Uncertainty in transition — a queer poem

Mar 29

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All: Includes “all.”

“All people are created equal.”

Mar 24

All: Includes “all.”

Mar 24

Patsy Starke

Patsy Starke

Registered Nurse, Transgender Woman transitioning, and claiming my truths. Sharing my feminine voice through poetry and prose. Pull up a chair, hear my story.

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