This blog post is part of a series of posts on trans survivors’ experiences of the pandemic. Walter (he/him) is a white, transmasculine survivor and theatre artist who lives in Saint Paul, MN. Please describe your context and how you've coped with the pandemic.  I’m...

Defining Shame A possibly shameful confession: I chose to write a blog post about shame because I wanted to understand it and have an excuse to explore it fully. Like a distant lover, I know it well but don’t feel like I understand it at all. Yet when I searched for...

I was born with cerebral palsy, a lifelong but not progressive disability that has very visible markers in how I’m able to move and use my body. There has been no shortage in the number of people who have offered to “pray for me,” since long before I had any...

This blog post is part of a series of posts on trans survivors’ experiences of the pandemic. Ruby (she/they) is an agender survivor with a penchant for dissociation and playing music. They used to be a writer, and work with homeless adults in the U.S. Please describe...

When we’re born, we’ve got a daunting amount of growing and learning to do.  Inevitably, we’ll miss some steps along the way. One step many of us miss is learning emotional regulation. The thing about this lesson is, we don’t learn it cognitively. Our bodies have to...

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...