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I'm a young journalism student. I'm still trying to explore different writing styles, so bare with the odd variety of articles.

Surviving

Content warning for suicide and self harm.

Disability, disabled, Mental health, Mental Illness, Poet, Poetry, Suicide, Survive, Surviving Suicide, Survivor

Gender Exploration and Cosplay

Before I knew I was trans, I got into cosplay. At first, it didn’t even occur to me that I … More

Cosplay, Crossplay, Exploring, Geek, Geek culture, Geeky, gender, genderfluid, Image Descriptions, LGBT, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA+, Nerd, Nerdy, Pride, Queer, Questioning, Trans, transgender

How I’m Going

Here’s my long answer to the simple question that most conversations start with.

chronic fatigue, Chronic pain, Depression, disabilities, Disability, EDS, Ehlers Danlos syndrome, Mental Illness, Physical disability

Ehler Danlos Syndrome Awareness

Raising awareness is incredibly important for me. I have encountered doctor after doctor who has either never heard of Ehlers Danlos syndrome, or whose entire knowledge of it is that it’s a connective tissue disorder. I’d always known…

awareness, Disability, disabled, EDS, Ehlers Danlos syndrome

Don’t Grieve Me

When I started transitioning, it was freightening, but it was also joyful. I’d been numb for so long, but starting to accept myself brought colour back to the world. And then the people around me started grieving for what was bringing me joy.

advice, come out, coming out, LGBT, LGBTIQA+, Parents, Parents of trans kids, support, Trans, trans kids, transgender, Transition

Tenth Post

Running a website and weekly updating blog is not easy for my ADHD self, and I’m proud of making it to my tenth post. Here are the tips I’ve learnt so far that I want to pass along.

Accomodations, Achievement, ADD, ADHD, advice, Celebrate, Commitment, Disability, disabled, Neurodivergency, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Spectrum

Photojournalism

Whether you want to get creative for your New Year’s Resolution, or you want to communicate something and can’t find the words, photojournalism is worth trying out.

Art, Artistic, Creative, Creative project, Disability, disabled, Images, LGBT, LGBTIQA+, New Year, New Year Resolution, Outlet, Photo, Photography, Photojournalism, Project, Queer, Trans

Someone’s Told You They’re Trans and/or Nonbinary: Now What?

When someone comes out as trans, trans nonbinary, or nonbinary, it’s important to react the right way. But what exactly does that mean?

acceptance, Ally, coming out, LGBT, LGBTIQA+, nonbinary, Parents of trans kids, support, Trans, trans kids, transgender

(Un)Happy Holidays

To many, the end of year holidays are a time of celebration and joy. But there are a lot of people for whom the holidays are something else entirely.

Christmas, Disability, holidays, isolation, Litha, lonely, Poverty, Queermas, Trans, Video, Winter solstice, Yule, Yuletide

I Am a Person, But My Identity Comes First

Person with a disability, or disabled person? Knowing which to use can be a minefield. Here’s why I always default to ‘disabled person’.

disabilities, Disability, disabled, identity, person first

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