Patron Saints

Joan of Arc, Pauli Murray, and the surprisingly long history of transmasculine saints.

Jude Ellison S. Doyle
13 min readJan 10, 2023

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Not many know that Jeanne d’Arc was a dead ringer for Cory from “Boy Meets World.” Photo by Nancy Bauer on Shutterstock.

Last year, I realized that if I want to keep learning, I’ve got to treat myself like I’m in school. I am obsessive by nature; my inclination is to keep gnawing away at one or two questions until I’ve either perfected a solution or ground the material to dust. If I want diverse interests, I have…

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Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Author of “Trainwreck” (Melville House, ‘16) and “Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers” (Melville House, ‘19). Columns published far and wide across the Internet.