Transmisia is a collection of poems about the thousands of small moments that shape a life: the pause before a handshake, the introduction that goes sideways, the stranger who asks an impossible question, the comment section, the meeting room, the family gathering, the smile used for safety.
 
Drawing from experiences in public life, faith communities, institutions, travel, and everyday encounters, Megan Rohrer explores the accumulated weight of microaggressions, misunderstandings, and the stories people project onto transgender lives. With equal measures of vulnerability, wit, grief, and tenderness, these poems illuminate what it feels like to be simultaneously visible and unseen.
 
Rather than focusing on headline moments, Transmisia dwells in the quieter spaces where belonging is negotiated and humanity is often overlooked. The collection invites readers into the emotional landscape of living under constant interpretation while continuing to seek connection, joy, and community.
 
Written for transgender people, their loved ones, and anyone who has ever felt misunderstood, Transmisia offers poems that can be carried, shared, and returned to in difficult moments. These are poems about survival, dignity, and the enduring hope of being recognized as fully human.
 
At once deeply personal and profoundly universal, Transmisia is a moving meditation on identity, resilience, and the courage it takes to keep showing up in a world that does not always know how to see us clearly.