This blog post is part of a series of posts on trans survivors’ experiences of the pandemic. Aurora (they/them) is a trans femme, genderqueer survivor punk living in the PNW, struggling towards collective liberation and creating joyous beauty. Please describe...
“Be present in your body.” It’s the opening to every yoga class and every mindfulness exercise. But for trans people and survivors of sexual or intimate partner violence, it can be a monumental ask and sometimes an impossible one. Sometimes I...
Recent research found that trans people are more likely to have synesthesia, a condition where, according to Psychology Today “one sensory or cognitive pathway (for example, hearing) leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive...
Many wounds heal by themselves, with little intervention: a scraped knee, a papercut, a strained muscle. Some emotional wounds (a slight by a stranger, a break with the past) are like this too—healed, as the adage goes, by time. But other forms of emotional harm are...
This blog post is part of a series of posts on trans survivors’ experiences of the pandemic. Katie (she/her) is a white, rich, trans girl survivor currently living in occupied O’odham Jewed (Tucson). Please describe your context and how you’ve coped with...
