Answering when friends call/text can be hard, even when you want to. Sometimes bodyminds swear it’ll take too many spoons, or you aren’t worth it, or you’re too symptomatic and boring. Here are some of my hacks: Letting go of the lie that it’s...
It seems like so few people in America know how to hold grief together. We are often isolated in all its crackling expanse, raw depth, and the ways grief makes its own fissures into each of our lives as uniquely as the designs of each snowflake that can already be...
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In the midst of waves of anti-trans legislation, it can be hard to see positive outcomes or stay hopeful about the future. Chase Strangio, the Deputy Director for Transgender Justice at the ACLU, sees signs of powerful change occurring despite these challenges.
FB - In the midst of waves of anti-trans legislation and political debates surrounding trans rights, it can be hard to see positive outcomes or stay hopeful about the future. Chase Strangio, a lawyer and the Deputy Director for Transgender Justice at the ACLU, sees signs of powerful change occurring despite these challenges:
“There is a resistance that is growing, and I believe in the power of our continued ability to find and celebrate ourselves and hold our communities in love.”
[Image: A photo of Chase Strangio, wearing a blue t-shirt and crossing his arms, over a blue and green background. Text: “‘There is a resistance that is growing, and I believe in the power of our continued ability to find and celebrate ourselves and hold our communities in love.’ - Chase Strangio.” FORGE logo.] ... See MoreSee Less