
Short Story Finalist: ‘Una Ofrenda: For I Too Am a Holy Child’
“This story is an offering to the trans ancestors who have bravely lived their lives as authentically as possible despite existing in spaces that deny our humanity.”
Since 1954
Julian Toscano is a Trans masculine educator and healer from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, borderlands. He currently resides in Los Angeles and works as an assistant principal at a high school and as an educational consultant specializing in LGBTQIA+ and distance learning equity and inclusion practices. When he is not working, he is learning about spirituality, tarot, and astrology, and he is also a global bass DJ.
“This story is an offering to the trans ancestors who have bravely lived their lives as authentically as possible despite existing in spaces that deny our humanity.”