Joni is a trans woman in her 40s who grew up in the southern United States and has some conservative political views. She is combining traditional Southern viewpoints with a yearning to get gender-confirming surgery. In North Carolina, a trans person can not be prescribed hormones or have gender-confirming surgery without a year of therapy. Joni was adopted by a Southern Baptist family and spent her life feeling unexcepted by her parents. Joni is a carpenter and woodworker. She made a sword sheath out of wood.