Three years ago, I experienced a drug-induced mental health crisis during which the police were contacted by a close family friend of mine. I was subsequently beaten up by the police, tasered three times, and psychiatrically hospitalized against my will for six days. I identify as a survivor of police brutality and the mental health industrial complex. I have “swept my side … [Read more...]
Comrade Couples: 3 Lessons For a Healthy Intersectional, Interracial Relationship
I personally have always chosen to befriend, acquaint, and build my community with folks who share similar radical politics to me. I am blessed to have friends of all colors who are cultural workers, artists, professionals, or organizers that are showing up for their community in some way. I begin this piece on interracial dating with this disclosure because dating for me … [Read more...]
I’m a Non-Binary Feminist: How I Negotiate My Gender & Politics in the Workplace and Beyond
Transitioning Grief What does it mean to be a feminist ally? And, for me, what does it mean to be a feminist ally who was assigned-male-at-birth (amab), raised and socialized as a man for most of my life, but who now identifies as a non-binary transfemme? I began questioning my gender identity when I was 28 years old, and “came-out” when I was 30. Transitioning is a … [Read more...]
