The Purplepaw Blog

In the last article introducing the Amethyst Pentacle, we found a model composed of five states of human experience connected by five processes to evolve

Human identity comprises far more than genetics, as conservative rhetoric would have us believe. Instead, identity is a complex of the physical, cognitive, and behavioral,

A panel to which I contributed last week left me with a few questions about my work. I'm formally planning a Purplepaw Discord server, and

Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" and a social media post reminded me of science's tendency to bend the natural toward the unnatural. And yet, evolution indicates

I spent the weekend at the Atlanta Pride Festival and learned some really important lessons about what's happening in the world. Let's talk about them

The past two weeks boiled with hate and discrimination at a level I've never seen in my life. People called out Trump's government for violating

The Annunciation Church shooting in August 2025 is yet another example of why firearms should be regulated more closely in the United States. But conservative

When I last mentioned United States v. Skrmetti - the challenge to Tennessee Bill SB1 of 2023 prohibiting gender-affirming care to transgender minors - I

There is so much fear in the world that the TV and Movie Industries capitalize on when creating comedy, and horror films. We suspend our

You've likely heard the phrase "I think, therefore I am." It comes from the philosopher René Descartes who began using it in 1637. People tracing

Last week, I attended Paganicon 2025. As a gathering for Pagan practitioners and those seeking to explore their spiritual practice, Paganicon drew magical practitioners from

Long before I posted video content on YouTube or TikTok, I wrote an article explaining my distaste for the words "trans" and "transgender." The former

After reading (and writing about) Sophie Lewis’s article in the Fall 2024 issue of Lux Magazine, I got a hold, via NetGalley, of an

Survival.

Since the first spark of life flickered tentatively on planet Earth, its history has been utterly of survival.

Some species adapted to changing conditions,

This week, the United States watched the first convicted felon inaugurated as President of the United States. Every American should be in a fit of

I love language, the way it evolves, the way it changes. I used to, and still do occasionally, peruse the dictionary, looking up the roots

Many decades ago, I devoured every small fragment of information I could about my 'condition.' I was a crossdresser in isolation, without any connection.

Philip N. Cohen, a sociologist at the University of Maryland, wrote a great essay several days ago. It's called "Are too many children transitioning? That’

When people praise us for being trans, they praise us for our authenticity: Our vision of who we truly are, our courage to live it

We're pushing through some heavy space-time right now.

I take that metaphor from a new book by Kyla Wazana Tompkins called Deviant Matter: Ferment, Intoxicants,