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Posted: December 29, 2024
As we wind down the year, I would like to take a moment to offer my 2025 wishes for my trans and non-binary clients and loved ones. I wish for you peace and contentment and that you do not burn yourself out fighting for a…
Posted: November 12, 2024
November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR was founded by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence that year and…
Posted: October 20, 2024
**October 20-26 is Asexuality Awareness Week, also known as Ace Week** This is a week when we celebrate and uplift the voices of the asexual community. This week is an international campaign to awareness/visibility, educate & build community about the range of asexual experiences. Ace…
Posted: October 13, 2024
Affirmative therapy is a therapeutic approach that validates and advocates for the needs of sexual and gender minority individuals, those within LGBTQIA+ communities. Affirmative therapists employ a positive and affirming stance that normalizes the wide range of sexual and gender identities. As an affirmative therapist,…
Posted: August 16, 2024
In honor of August being California’s Transgender History month, I wanted to share some of what I’ve learned about the history of Indigenous understandings of gender. This understanding is rooted in tradition and continue to be living, breathing traditions and identities today. Since I am…
Posted: August 4, 2024
Amidst on-going misogyny and transphobia continue on the world stage, they have shown up in the Paris Olympics as well. A couple of cisgender female athletes have been targeted for harassment and vitriol, from online trolls to celebrities calling into question her sex and gender…