Paige Schilt
At a Glance:
Paige Schilt has been a Project Contributor since March 2008, has written 82 entries and currently lives in Austin, TX.
Bio
Paige Schilt is a writer, teacher, and activist. She writes nonfiction stories about a gay, transgender, rock-n-roll family raising a son in the South.
Paige is the former Director of National Media for Soulforce. She sometimes teaches English, Communications, and Gender Studies courses at the college level.
Paige volunteers with Girls Rock Austin and is married to Katy Koonce, front man for the band Butch County.
Paige Schilt: Recently Filed
Mother's Day: The Sun Shines Out of His Behind
Filed by Paige Schilt | May 12, 2013 | 3:30 PM |When I was eight months pregnant, I watched a documentary about a lesbian couple whose baby was born without an anus.Read More
Funerals and Freakshows
Filed by Paige Schilt | April 09, 2013 | 2:00 PM |I can't spin rhymes, can't keep a tune, but I'm lucky to cast my lot with people who know how to sing and to grieve.Read More
Where Babies Come From: Trans-Friendly Version
Filed by Paige Schilt | January 11, 2013 | 12:30 PM |Most books for kids begin with "everyone is born a boy or a girl" and end with "some day you'll make a family too," but those are assumptions we don't make in our family.Read More
Tell Texas School District to Honor Nondiscrimination Policy
Filed by Paige Schilt | December 02, 2012 | 10:00 AM |My son's school district has taken the unprecedented step of cancelling a University of Texas graduate student play based on the story of two real-life male penguins who parented an abandoned egg at the Central Park Zoo.Read More
Back to School for Transgender Elementary Students
Filed by Paige Schilt | September 13, 2012 | 10:00 AM |This fall, as elementary-age kids head back to the classroom, some transgender students are returning with more than just new school supplies. For these children, the beginning of the academic year is an opportunity to introduce a new name, new pronouns, and a new social identity.Read More
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