<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[wheretrueloveis]]></title><description><![CDATA[wheretrueloveis]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:06:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Queeroes and Trans Champs: Laxmi Narayan Tripathi]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Am I both a man and a woman? Am I neither man nor woman? I am a hijra, so I can access both states of being.” The passage below is excerpted from Queeroes and Trans Champs: 15 Extraordinary People from Around the World Who Show that Authenticity Is Power It is said you can tell what part of Mumbai, India you are in by scent alone. Exhaust fumes from cars, busses, and 3-wheeled autorickshaws mix with spices and wood smoke from street-food vendors. Perfume and body odor rise from the millions...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/queeroes-and-trans-champs-laxmi-narayan-tripathi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698bab375ce248ef448743ee</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:16:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_d61ee0e086154a5abe9e986bf1d8ad4e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect Their Name and Pronouns]]></title><description><![CDATA[The passage below is excerpted from Holding on to Hope: Help for friends and family of transgender people. Respect Their Name and Pronouns Until recently, you, your family, friends, and social circles have known your loved one by the gender they were assigned at birth and a name corresponding to that gender. Requesting those people to use a chosen name and the appropriate pronouns is a significant milestone for transgender individuals. Hearing these affirming words after a lifetime of being...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/respect-their-name-and-pronouns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698ba72e3faa9e439bef7329</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:55:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_8e765644e8d244cba906e5eef4c3879c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_761,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding on to Hope]]></title><description><![CDATA[Has a friend or family member come out as transgender? My husband is trans, and I’ve been writing about gender issues for years. I’ve walked down a road similar to the one you’re on and have created resources to travel with you through some of the issues you’ll face. For many of us, hearing the news that a loved one isn't the gender we've understood them to be comes as a shock and creates confusion about how to respond. If that describes you, you’ve come to the right place. My book Holding on...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/holding-on-to-hope</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983b45e6a55b9536d4c5cc3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_a30803f03919455ba975a699b737d38d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, Lies, and the Power of Fiery Flowering]]></title><description><![CDATA[You’re probably wondering about the photo accompanying this post. It’s a hunting vest, with handy little pockets for shotgun shells. I discovered it months ago at a Goodwill Outlet and added some flowers to create a wearable art statement. It’s odd, yes, and I’ll tell you more about it in a few minutes. I'm a homilist at a wonderful social-justice focused church in our area, and the reflection below is based on a sermon I wrote for this past Monday. Here's the gospel reading from which it...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/truth-lies-and-the-power-of-fiery-flowering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697b8ee24c1c36a19b780ac8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:56:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_78ad4e00d85942038502252a21860138~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write your heart out]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm a writer, which means I transform thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations into letters on a page. The process of molding those things into words and sentences is a sanctuary action for me, and in these dark days we really need to seek out strategies which help us cope. Here are a few ways things writing does: It forces me to encounter what I'm thinking or feeling, and provides shape to what it is. It gives me a sense of control within a wild and untamed universe. I have power over...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/write-your-heart-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6966adebf1ba376a5bc02bf7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:32:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_b7ae86b208f4405c9c069f81a8821d1b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_670,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miracle roses. For Danny]]></title><description><![CDATA[Declan and I received lovely roses at our city's Transgender Day of Remembrance event. You can still see the glorious pinks and greens of the petals. They initially looked like basic off-white flowers, and it took a few days for them to open up and display their extraordinary hues. The event was held November 20, and I took this picture today, nearly forty days later.   It's astonishing that they've held on so long. Yes, the petals are beginning to turn brown on the edges, but even so, they...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/roses-for-danny</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6952f4138d18f6f08948e364</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:49:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_9a26c2a7d4b74a57893aca3f96cea6a0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice for those with transgender loved ones: expect holidays to be hard]]></title><description><![CDATA[The passage below is excerpted from Holding on to Hope: Help for friends and family of transgender people. Emotions run high at holidays, and special days on the calendar add emotional complexity to the transgender experience, particularly in the first year of coming out. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are hard for trans parents as both they and the children work out how to view their roles and titles. Birthdays can trigger sorrow in trans people for the years they were forced to hide, or...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/advice-for-those-with-transgender-loved-ones-expect-holidays-to-be-hard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69442b3f388dd9ea3dbe0315</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:33:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5336506f5772412d677341~mv2_d_6019_4012_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate church? Hold on. A new thing is coming and it acts like Jesus.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many Where True Love Is  followers want nothing to do with church, and I get it. Declan does an astounding job curating content to uplift and energize people in this dystopian era where ugliness and exclusion are proclaimed as truth, and those messages touch a wide range of people. He and I have received a generous walloping of pain from churches, both in person and online, so we understand the distrust, and the content of the WTLI movement has broadened over the years in response to the...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/hate-church-hold-on-a-new-thing-is-coming-and-it-acts-like-jesus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6939e032122b31d338b7fd74</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:04:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_7e8dacda5b8644e89b1fae35c33f4349~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection on translation, Biblical inerrancy, and the (potentially) gay Roman Centurion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each era of life brings unique challenges, opportunities, and gifts. One of the gifts in this particular time and place is being a homilist at Spiritus Christi Church, a revolutionary faith community which does profound works of social justice, and feels like family. Here's my latest, from Monday 12/1/2025, which contemplates the difficulty of translation, the issue of biblical inerrancy, and the possibility of a gay Roman Centurion's plea for help.]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/reflection-on-translation-biblical-inerrancy-and-the-potentially-gay-roman-centurion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692f52f6ee21510c2ee5de83</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:58:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_926c2ab318db4d388819b0b463bda8f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus can become an idol]]></title><description><![CDATA[Declan and I talked about the new golden statue of the current president this morning, and it's contrast with the teachings of the gospels and Wisdom of Laotse  which we've been contemplating. The urging of both writings is to seek humility, and the special importance of that virtue for those in positions of leadership. The conversation reminded me of a passage from Sleeper, Awake: 40 days of companionship for the deconstruction process , which I've excerpted below. While not directly...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/jesus-can-become-an-idol</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cd7ed811fb48eaec1a2b7e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:23:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_2c8ede08a2794e3d9bf3efbb47a38a79~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spark in the darkness]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm trying not to get sucked in to the past week's vortex about a person who died and the person accused of killing them. There are too...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/a-spark-in-the-darkness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cb1c28b71c8fd10d903c2c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:05:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_3c44d44cae0b469d968f7c6b664d7ac5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On rainbows]]></title><description><![CDATA[The entry below is excerpted from Transfigured: A 40-day journey through scripture for gender-queer and transgender people. Thought I'd...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/on-rainbows</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b9b4d4c18db03cc21fe11b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:59:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_c65f507ca4a24cc0a22396ac99f9e6bc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Coming Out, as Writer or as LGBTQIA+]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.sdewitthall.com . A member of my writing group raised a question at the last meeting and I've been...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/on-coming-out-as-writer-or-as-lgbtqia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684b38bfeded2b580663645b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:39:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_62ffc8541baf4852998a4b200813f955~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Orgasm (a poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you realize Zan also writes poetry? Here's a sample from her chapbook titled A Dog Named Me . On Orgasm My beloved asked for a poem...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/on-orgasm-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6841ecb3fa193a512b9fc007</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:16:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_306579544b6872652d6351~mv2_d_3000_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guest post from an upcoming anthology on how to be an ally]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're posting something a bit different today. It's an essay written by transmasculine author Rowan Murphy about actions of allyship...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/guest-post-from-an-upcoming-anthology-on-how-to-be-an-ally</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68220fa57674a29dc4eba6af</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 15:28:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_0b8fd4683d064fa78aed5ad228a074e4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embracing authenticity: the invitation offered through relationship with a transgender loved one]]></title><description><![CDATA[A year or so ago I posted an essay after it appeared in issue 132 of a literary journal called Sinister Wisdom . My beloved Declan...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/embracing-authenticity-the-invitation-offered-through-relationship-with-a-transgender-loved-one-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67fe775680d4bf7d6776b301</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:13:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_eaf5cac4743c43fda2f90ae566b74d58~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_797,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time as measured by...]]></title><description><![CDATA[(This post first appeared on www.sdewitthall.com .) It’s December 2024, and I just found out that the son of my parents' friends died....]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/time-as-measured-by</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67532f2cb4c99e70446c14c2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:11:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_9f81cb4cb93842d28e06e74841fd7b01~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sneak peek at what's to come: The Problem of Cake]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first poetry chapbook will be released soon, and Declan asked that I share one of the pieces from it. His wish is my command, so here...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/sneak-peek-at-what-s-to-come-the-problem-of-cake</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6627dfc53055454fe81d5ed8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:20:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6b375667506e5746637838~mv2_d_5184_3456_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A name like chocolate, Melting on my tongue]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was honored to participate in the launch event for a literary journal called Sinister Wisdom recently, and to read a condensed version...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/a-name-like-chocolate-melting-on-my-tongue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">661ed9bc47404f24961f997c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:20:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_87ff41524a8f426bbfd9d6002467000d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judas: The First Recipient of the First Eucharist]]></title><description><![CDATA[During Holy Week some years ago I was asked to offer a reflection at one of the evening services. The passage described Judas’ betrayal...]]></description><link>https://www.wheretrueloveis.com/single-post/judas-the-first-recipient-of-the-first-eucharist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6601966e26e155d931b839d5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:53:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc5b30_d81f750629d84df188b34c2e79e3c94d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_890,h_492,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Suzanne DeWitt Hall</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>