The Post-Transition Road Trip That Made Me My Father’s Son

I feared seeing my estranged, conservative father, but it was a risk worth taking

T. Chick McClure
Human Parts
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9 min readMar 26, 2019

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The Road to Dinosaur. Photos: T. Chick McClure

I’ve spent my whole life trying to forgive my father for destroying my mother. Theirs was a spectacular ’80s divorce. I’ve been furious ever since. It was he who shattered my mom into a million pieces. It was he who pushed her off…

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T. Chick McClure
Human Parts

T. Chick McClure is an intersex, VMA, and Latin Grammy award-winning artist. His work has been featured in PAPER Magazine and NPR, and other outlets.