Society
Posts about how identity and gender fit into society
I'm a Gender Autonomist
The term 'gender activist' is used to point at trans people living with dignity and solidarity, capable of saying 'no thank you' and daring to shrug at and disagree with someone who doesn't like them just because they're trans. 'Activist' is used as an insult for someone who believes in autonomy.
Today I Am No Longer Disfigured
No angry pigs were harmed in the writing of this article
Social Expectations Leave Us Disfigured
What Rod Serling teaches about gender dysphoria
Geena Rocero's TED Talk Reveal
'Our spirits will always expand to fill whatever space we are given,' she says. She found her own face in the mirror, her own presence, emerging from nothingness.
Self-Love Is Easier than I Thought
Sometimes we must battle our own beliefs to accept ourselves
Shaneel Lal's Fight Against Conversion Therapy
In 2022, powered by young activist Shaneel Lal, Aotearoa New Zealand banned conversion therapy. 'Stop congratulating me for being brave,' Lal says. Instead, 'annihilate the systems that force me to be brave.'
I Am the Ride
Inspired by Chris Smither's Song and with appreciation to Jen, a dear friend and guiding light for us all.
