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3 Reasons Why You Might Not Talk to the Guy in the Wheelchair — And Why I Wish You Would

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I have to overcome a lot of issues related to my disability.  I was born with cerebral palsy, so I’ve encountered challenges from day one. When you add the fact that I'm a gay man living in the Deep South, a lot of times it’s hard just to live. I’ve only had two romantic relationships in my life. The first was for a little over two years, and my second and most recent one … [Read more...]

Notes from a Psychiatric Survivor: How Do We Heal When Systems Have (Re)Traumatized Us?

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Editor's Note: This article represents the perspective of an individual who identifies as a psychiatric survivor and whose experiences with the mental health field have many times been traumatizing. It is not meant to dismiss the valuable aspects of psychiatry, psychopharmacology, or therapy, or to suggest that others don't benefit from these (often life-saving) resources. I … [Read more...]

7 Microaggressions Trans People Face in Health and Mental Healthcare Settings

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Note: This piece first appeared on the website Lighthouse and is reprinted here by permission. Lighthouse is a startup that matches LGBTQ people with nearby LGBTQ-affirming therapists and doctors. We asked a gender-nonconforming therapist how healthcare providers can become trans-competent and avoid unintentionally harming patients. Whether in an emergency room, a therapy … [Read more...]

All Bodies Are Holy: Why Selfies Empower My Genderqueer Self

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A long time ago, some time in the early to mid-'90s, I was sitting in the back seat of my parents' shitty Ford sedan. In my working-class family’s economy car, there was very little room in the back seat, and my little brother's sweaty head lay heavy against my side. We traveled along the Shoreway with the meager Cleveland skyline to the right and the vast marine nothingness of … [Read more...]

How Aziz Ansari Helped Me Embrace My “Otherhood”

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By: Rupa Shenoy, Yes! Magazine “Otherhood” is a podcast hosted by Rupa Shenoy about the people who came to the United States as children or are the children of immigrants. This story was originally published by Public Radio International. Listen to the first episode here. People in the United States tend to think a lot of things about people with accents: They’re not like … [Read more...]

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