Pidge

Pidge (she/her/hers)

Pidge is a 51-year-old white, transgender woman. Originally from New Jersey, she has lived in the Pacific Northwest, and relocated to Ireland, where she has been for the last 10 years. Pidge came out at the age of 20 and transitioned when she was about 23 years old. While she does not broadcast her activism, she helped run a clinic that provided low-cost medical care to other transgender women. Now, she is a software developer who enjoys hunting and using every part of the game, except for badgers.

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Audio Stories | Transcripts

1. Identity (gender identity)

2. PNW Locations (life course)

3. Rural vs City (rural life)

4. Social Life (community)

5. Trans Visibility (trans living)

6. Rural Comparisons (community, rural life)

7. Cultural Differences (community groups)

8. Why Ireland (life course, traveling)

9. Creating Community (community, friends)

10. Defining Trans Elder (coming out, transition stories)

11. Trans Intersectionality (trans living)

12. Survive or Thrive (trans loss, trans survival, trans thriving)

13. Coming Out (coming out)

14. Starting the Clinic (medical care)

15. Perfecting the Procedure (medical care)

16. Patient Letters (medical care)

17. Board of Health (medical care, work)

18. Finding and Choosing Patients (medical care, online, work)

19. Clinic Duties (medical care, work)

20. Medical Equipment (medical care, work)

21. Closing the Clinic (work)

22. Unwind Time (mental health, rural life)

23. Never Eat Badger (rural life)

24. Choosing to Transition (coming out, transition stories)

25. Resistance (medical care, trans survival)

26. Support Groups (lgbtq+ groups, trans support groups)

27. Medicalization (medical care, mental health)

28. Rejecting Authority (identity realizations, life course, repression)

29. The Library (survival strategies, trans survival)

30. Understanding Intersectionality (community, family, friends)

31. Liberation (lgbtq+ groups, support)

32. Mainstay Support (community, friends, support)

33. Publicly Discussing the Clinic (representations)

34. Inspiration to Do Better (affirmation, support, trans living, trans thriving)

35. Hope (pride, support)

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