Small things for hard times
September of 2025 was Suidice Awareness Month, and marked nine months into Trump 2.0. Besides the calendar, what suicidality and the current political disaster have in common is they can steal our joy. It is nearly impossible to feel joy when the national leadership...
Contacting Hotlines: Questions and Answers
Sometimes one of the challenges with asking for help is that we don’t know what will happen or what a place offers. Calling a crisis hotline can be overwhelming. Who will answer? Can they help me? What do I even need? Am I ready to talk about this? What will I have to...
The clock is not your friend: Tips for Navigating Neurodivergent Burnouts
In the past few years, it’s become crystal clear to me that time doesn’t work the same for everyone. Hell, time may not even work the same within the same person in July as it does in October. However, being unable to function on the standard capitalist clock...
Documenting Abuse: What, why, and how
“Document the abuse” is common advice given to people who are experiencing sexual violence, intimate partner violence or stalking. Too often, that advice is followed up with “so that you can give evidence to the police.” While some trans/nonbinary survivors do seek...
dreams of change: art & poetry from a trans survivor
The triptych “world-maker, self-shaper, word-mother” is a series of pieces I created in dialogue with narratives around healing, agency, self-determination, and personal power. These pieces are about all the ways we have the power to shape ourselves, the worlds we...
Where do we go when crisis happens?
The rights and safety of trans survivors are increasingly under attack in the US and around the world. Especially with executive orders targeting service providers, and providers and organizations complying in advance by removing services for trans folks, it can be...