Trans lives are vibrant, complicated, funny, defiant and adventurous. These eight stories celebrate the courage to claim our bodies and voices, confront the past, embrace joy and transform visibility into power.

At a historic Pride party and drag show at her younger brother’s fraternity, Cici confronts her gender dysphoria and discovers an unexpected romance—and a hilarious universal truth about womanhood. A trans woman searches for her authentic voice through vocal training while preparing to meet her boyfriend’s parents. In East Los Angeles, a Puerto Rican hospice nurse juggles family responsibilities, a dying patient and an uncertain future as she awaits life-changing test results. Trapped in a nightclub, a trans man must brave the women’s bathroom when an unwelcome monthly visitor arrives. Victoria travels 25 years into her past to meet the father she barely remembers, hoping he will love her for who she is. An emotionally guarded bartender must face a complicated history when a young woman arrives in search of a long-lost relative. A trans woman’s first date becomes a nightmare when someone from her past reappears. And at the hospital for his long-awaited gender-affirming top surgery, Matt navigates medical bureaucracy while memories of his former self and the loss of his mother come rushing into the present.