VIA RAQUEL WILLIS AFTER BRAYLA STONE’S MURDER Marsha P. Johnson, a Black trans woman, was a key figure in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 — the police riots that gave birth to Pride. From their website: “Power without action is useless. The Marsha P. Johnson Institute joins you in Read more…
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Full text for What do you do when your kid says they’re trans? “When your kid tells you that they’re transgender, what do you do? 41% of transgender adults have attempted suicide, mostly as a adolescent or young adult. [7][9] Parental support can dramatically reduce the risk of suicide, by Read more…
For Parents and Allies — Parents, part of your child’s transition will be you learning to use the appropriate pronouns, regardless of how you feel about them or how you view your child’s gender. A few things to remember: Mistakes do happen; it’s how you deal with them that matters. Read more…
GENDER DYSPHORIA is the distress or discomfort that arises from the incongruence of one’s assigned gender at birth and one’s gender identity. Gender dysphoria is categorized under the DSM-V as a mental disorder as it incurs stress and discomfort to the person experiencing it. Older versions of the DSM (III Read more…
I have no idea how to encapsulate all the things I’ve learned in the past decade into a post, a caption, 10 slides. Nothing feels quite right. But here is my best effort. I have accomplished many things in the past decade that I am proud of. But I Read more…
Holidays can be so very hard — for so many folks. If you are struggling, please reach out to the Trevor Project (1-866-488-7386) for 24/7 support. They also have text and chat lines open 24/7. To the trans kids, the gay kids, the bisexual kids, the queer kids who are Read more…
This summer, several people replied to a random story of me, shirtless, said, “You’re getting fat.” These comments might have absolutely wrecked me 8 years ago, when I was so very caught in my eating disorder. Online and in public, I was often terrified that anyone (most especially myself) would Read more…
The number one thing to remember when applying to a college is that YOU are the one going there. Not your mom. Not your dad. Not anyone else from your family. Not your college counselor. You. You are going to matriculate into that college in the fall, and you will Read more…
Before we even begin diving into getting into a college you’d like to attend, I want to ask you to ask yourself: Do you even want to go to college in the first place? I mean that. Ask yourself seriously: “Do I want to go to college?” And then ask Read more…