The world is pretty tough these days. Every day has a new form of chaos and upheaval. Every day seems to bring with it less certainty and more unrest. – At least that’s how it feels for me a lot these past few years. A few months ago, my social media feed decided I...
Consent education often focuses on asking for consent and what is or is not consent. For example, consent is an enthusiastic yes – anything else is a no. It’s critical that people learn to communicate with each other – to be able to understand the differences between...
As someone who has cried a lot during and after sex, I immediately checked out Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex by Jesse James Rose when I saw it at the library. Then I learned the author is trans/nonbinary and the book is also about dementia. It’s like it was made for...
The Trans Rights Read-a-thon is an annual event from March 17-31st, the two weeks leading up to Trans Day of Visibility. The Read-a-thon encourages people to read books by and about trans/nonbinary people and donate to trans organizations. This year,...
I’ve started to get “misgendered” at the airport again. I put “misgendered” in quotes, because I’m not entirely sure how I want to be gendered (by strangers) anymore. The TSA agent called me “ma’am” before I removed my mask for facial ID, and “sir” afterward. I...
I’m tired of shutting people out. I’m tired of cutting people off. I’m tired of ghosting people. I’m tired of people ghosting me. I want relationships where we work through the hard stuff. Where we are committed to each other even when we fuck up and say hurtful...
