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Posted: November 14, 2019
October 26 is Intersex Awareness Day and is intended to bring light to human rights issues faced by the intersex community. It is intended to end the shame and secrecy around this issue. So let’s honor this date with some information. Intersex individuals are born…
Posted: October 19, 2019
This is true for everyone, and particularly true for folks who have grown up in neglectful, abusive, toxic or chaotic homes. This type of trauma can make it very difficult to know who you really are, to connect with yourself, your body, or your feelings.…
Posted: October 14, 2019
Happy National Coming Out day. Today is the 31st anniversary! (Oops this was supposed to be posted yesterday 🙃) It is a day to celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, or as an ally. It is not a day to pressure…
Posted: October 4, 2019
Progress is important. There is a saying in the addiction world, progress not perfection. I know very few people that can fly, but so often this is the expectation people have for themselves. Then when that isn’t possible, they beat themselves us, often assuming they…
Posted: October 2, 2019
Did you know that October is LGBTQIA History Month? The US has been observing LGBTQIA History Month since 1994. It was founded by a Missouri high school teacher named Rodney Wilson. The idea is to have a month-long celebration of LGBTQIA history and icons, many…
Posted: September 21, 2019
This is a quote Elyn Saks who a professor of Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California Gould Law School She is also diagnosed with Schizophrenia and has written about her experience in the book The Center…