El Capitan

What It's Like Traveling the World As a Trans Woman

"A towering Yosemite summit the author backpacked to, serving as a site of intense physical challenge and restorative calm; reaching the top while immersed in wilderness reinforced a sense of trans embodiment and self-love, offering a place where there was no criminalization or discrimination—just the elemental pleasure of moving through nature." - Abeni Jones Abeni Jones Abeni Jones is a trans woman of color writer, editor, and educator based in California. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Autotraddle.com, Fast Company, Travel + Leisure, and Travel Weekly. She enjoys solo travel and outdoor recreation. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines