Day 40 in the war zone marked the first time a Ukrainian directly asked me what it was like to be transgender. A 25-year old attorney by profession, he was now a studious soldier. While manning checkpoints at the front line of Ukrainian defense efforts against the Russian invasion of his land, he took a moment to walk over to me during one of my visits to his outpost. Phone in hand, my Twitter profile opened, pointing out the part where I wrote that I’m trans, his words were simple. “What is this? What does it mean? I’ve never met...