The Beak Incarnate

Some quick positivity:

I never had a girlfriend until age 28. I'm finally coming to terms with being intersex and trans this year, age 30. I've finally worked up the courage to stop taking testosterone blocking medication, and now I'm embarking on this wild journey to find who I'm becoming.

Now some council members would like a do-over.

Councilor Andrew Johnson, one of the nine members who supported the pledge in June, said in an interview that he meant the words “in spirit,” not by the letter. Another councilor, Phillipe Cunningham, said that the language in the pledge was “up for interpretation” and that even among council members soon after the promise was made, “it was very clear that most of us had interpreted that language differently.” Lisa Bender, the council president, paused for 16 seconds when asked if the council’s statement had led to uncertainty at a pivotal moment for the city.