I want to be a queer parent myself in the future, so I decided to figure out the state of community and support systems of queer parents in Portland by interviewing four queer parent participants on their experiences of community and support. They all gave an invaluable look into their…

The campus is not too far. The physical, in person university campus. We’re a generally accepting school. We have a queer resource center, we have a lot of transgender and nonbinary students. We even have some queer professors. So why am I still afraid to take an in person class? …

Yes, this will be another blog about quarantine. I’m sure you’ve seen tons of these. People talking about being lonely, missing their families, or going “to heck” with COVID restrictions on activity. As cliche as it sounds, I have found more of myself through quarantine. For backstory, I am a…

The response we see can kill. While browsing my daily twitter feed during this year’s Suicide Prevention month, I came across a horrible news story that as someone who is also on the autism spectrum, shook me to my emotional core. A distraught mother called a police crisis intervention team…

When I was a teen, I didn’t think I could be an activist. For one, I didn’t know what that would entail at the time. Two, I thought that I didn’t have enough confidence to stand up for others. I had this crippling fear of people not liking me, or…

How can they work together? — Writing fiction requires the comprehension to see multiple points of view in relation to a storytelling perspective. Not only are you taking into consideration multiple audiences (those reading, the publishers, yourself, those the readers recommend it to, the characters in the stories themselves, the critics), you are also fitting these…

Frequently Asked Questions — the Nonbinary Edition — Below are some commonly asked questions from Cisgender folks. Some questions answered and some not because we don’t ‘have’ to explain our gender or lack thereof to anyone, but I love spreading knowledge. These are my personal answers as I understand things and they don’t represent the whole community. Q: What is Nonbinary? A…

Are You Willing? Recently I started reading “Unf*ck Yourself" by Gary John Bishop. And as brutal and honest as it is, especially said in his Scottish accent, the first chapter was easy to accept. Sure, I gotta grab myself by the bootstraps and change my life. …

Anyone who lives in the suburbs of a large city has felt the struggle of going to the big city only to be shocked having to constantly ask for bathroom keys, pins, or buy something before you’re allowed a wee. Why is this? Safety? Profit? …