Trans and LGBTQIA+

   This week is Transgender Awareness Week, which culminates in Thursday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR was established by trans advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. This Day of Remembrance is…

    From this cishet ally, to all the LGBTQIA+ folx out there: I see you, I believe you. I will support and defend. And to fellow non-community members…. It’s important to acknowledge that queer folks and their rights are currently under attack. The trans…

In honor of LGBTQIA+ history month, here is a quote from James Baldwin was a gay, Black American writer and civil rights activist: “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they…

  🌈 May 24th is Pansexual Visibility Day 🌈 Today, is a day to celebrate and acknowledge those that identify as pansexual. The term Pansexual derives from the Greek word for “all” and pansexual people are attracted to people of all genders, whether cisgender, transgender,…

Let’s talk mental health among gender diverse folks and spread some factual knowledge. Trans and non-binary individuals have higher rates of mental health issues, starting in childhood because of minority stress, barriers to care, and discrimination/violence. Research shows that rates of mental illness are even…

Myth: Gender can be defined a “biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth” (per the current administration). Fact: Sex assigned at birth (what is recorded on the birth certificate) generally falls into two categories based on the doctor’s observation of the infant’s genitalia. However,…