Jess Herbst

Confidence is like a Muscle — JessHerbst I remember the first times I did anything as Jess. I remember being terrified to leave the house, sitting in my car the first time I went to a Meet-up gathering. Remember the fear when I heard another...

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Politics — JessHerbst A couple of weeks before the media storm, I got a Facebook message from a friend about a transwoman she recently met named Dani. She wanted me to meet her as she is running for the house of Representa...

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Communication — JessHerbst I've gotten thousands of messages. Almost all positive. I try and read them all. I came across one from the father of a teenage transgender girl and they lived in a city near by. We met for coffee, ...

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15 minutes... — JessHerbst I don’t remember exactly when I heard the Andy Warhol quote “Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes”, but I was young. It seemed really nice to think that everyone would be included. Another saying t...

The journey to the past continues

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What would you like to talk about?

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Whirlwind — JessHerbst

Like so many people here I’m new to Bluesky.
So I’m going to start by introducing myself through my original blog posts from 2017.
I had just come out publicly as transgender and the response was surprising.
Come with me to the wayback machine:

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It is often easy to know ‘What to do’
Knowing ’How to do it’ that is hard.

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Just trying to get this Bluesky thing working!

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Well… I’m here. What now?

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