Being Alive | Kyle Ranson-Walsh | Substack

What got me here won't get me there.

And if nothing changes, nothing changes.

Jan 13 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Habitual reset.

Saying yes to more, and also to less. Tradition!

Jan 2 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

What a time to be alive...

and, now you know!

Dec 13, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Let's make 'transanctuary' happen—and then give Miss Major all the credit.

"Miss Major taught me dreaming is a discipline."—Tourmaline

Nov 25, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

The Definitive Book Of Pick-up Ledes By Max Delsohn

Book club meets tomorrow night with Max!

Nov 16, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Most Popular

Everyone is aware, now what?

Nov 20, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

🎆 Bye, 2023.

Jan 1, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

4 ways to make yourself heard, publicly.

Mar 19, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

The paradox of trans visibility.

Mar 31, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Being Alive Book Club

The Definitive Book Of Pick-up Ledes By Max Delsohn

Book club meets tomorrow night with Max!

Nov 16, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

BABC reads "Trans Kids, Our Kids"

This month, we’re reading Trans Kids, Our Kids — a remarkable narrative and advocacy project written in support of trans kids and their families. In the…

Oct 23, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Being Alive Book Club Fall Reads 📚️🏳️‍⚧️✨

October—Trans Kids, Our Kids, November—Crawl

Oct 5, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Being Alive

Being Alive

A weeklyish newsletter amplifying trans joy and home to the Being Alive Book Club 📚️🏳️‍⚧️✨. Also frequently mentioned: design, art, parenting, making, and musical theater.

Transmasc Library

"Nothing that can happen now can compare to how awful it felt to be pre-transition." — Oliver Radclyffe

Happy Pride! Oliver Radclyffe joins the Being Alive Book Club to talk sex, transition, and parenting.

Jun 29, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

"Transition in and of itself is a sacred and holy thing." — Kyle Lukoff

A conversation with prolific author Kyle Lukoff on fighting for ourselves, our friends, and the world we want.

Apr 12, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Kyle's (in)complete guide to writer Kyle (Lukoff)

A love letter to my friend and an intro to his many, many transformational books.

Mar 26, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Basking in love and books. ☀️❤️📚️

Updates to A Transmasc Library (now 63 titles!), three transmasc beach reads, and a little love story.

Jul 21, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Organizing my transmasculine library

Setting up my study.

Jan 13, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Recommendations

The Audacity.

Roxane Gay

The Chatner

Daniel Lavery

Gimme Pleasure!

Gimme Pleasure!

Abigail Covington

Good Queer News

Good Queer News

Ben Greene

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Being Alive is a reader-supported publication and book club.

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