Tiffany Miles describes growing up in conservative, religious small-townAlabama, where she lived for the first thirty-two years of her life. Shediscusses her complicated relationships with family, the slow processof coming out to herself, and her deep love of science fiction,particularly Star Trek. After coming out as trans, she moved to NewYork City, where she has continued her transition, navigatedunemployment and the shelter system as a trans woman, and begunto meet other trans people.