The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care is an anthology of narratives on queer and trans experiences with healthcare. It consists of essays, personal stories, interviews, poetry, and even short graphic novels, which make the reading experience...
There are some days when I get caught in a spiral of reading bad news. Swiping left on my home screen leads me to a list of articles on “5 daily habits you didn’t know were bad for your health,” along with updates on how climate change has already reached a point of...
The past couple of years at PrideFest, my anxieties around the potential for violence have become more intense. I’ve often tried to brush this off and focus on what I’m there for—to be present for the people I’m spending time with. Like many others, I want to be able...
In response to record numbers of anti-trans bills introduced in 2023, you may have seen statistics about the impacts of this legislation, and state-sanctioned hate in general, on trans and nonbinary peoples’ mental health: for example, that “86% of transgender and...
Mindfulness meditation is a common technique used for healing from trauma. But a lot of these practices, at least in the traditional sense, can present challenges for trans and nonbinary survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, or hate-fueled...
