Why I No Longer Call Myself an Ally
APRIL 27, 2020 BY STEPHANIE HUCKEL Ten years ago, I started facilitating introductory LGBTQ learning sessions. Within this context, I would share that I’m cisgender. I was labeled female at birth and I am a woman; the alignment of these two facts is categorized as “cisgender.” (Conversely, those whose sex labeled at birth does not match their genders is broadly categorized as “transgender.”) I would also call myself a trans ally—someone who supports trans people. At the time