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Introducing the ‘Gender Friend’

What the last two and a half years on Medium have led to. — Just over a month ago, The Gender Friend: A 102 Guide to Gender Identity was released on all major purchasing platforms. Just a few days ago, I realized I hadn’t told you all anything. My bad. If you’ll allow me, I’d love to get you caught up to speed. Back…

Gender

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Introducing the ‘Gender Friend’
Introducing the ‘Gender Friend’
Gender

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Prism & Pen

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sis

we playin catch. — a poem — we playin catch. everybody toss the ball. sis toss the ball. sis toss four at once. sis watch me get hit by three. the ball i catch burn my hands. but i don’t drop it. sis laugh and laugh. and i can’t toss it back. my hands just grip for dear life. sis smell my flesh and sis ain’t stop laughing. everybody…

Poetry

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sis
sis
Poetry

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Gender From The Trenches

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12 Ways Parents Can Show Support for Their Nonbinary Kids

As told by a nonbinary kid. — As a young nonbinary adult who’s been out of the closet for more than a year, I’m comfortable with who I am, and my mom is as well. …

LGBTQ

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12 Ways Parents Can Show Support for Their Nonbinary Kids
12 Ways Parents Can Show Support for Their Nonbinary Kids
LGBTQ

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Prism & Pen

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Let’s Talk Bottom Growth

Because everyone could stand to learn a thing or two. — So…bottom growth. That’s a thing. It’s one of the earliest changes for individuals assigned female at birth who begin taking T. And it’s an absolutely wild ride. A rollercoaster ride that isn’t adequately talked about before most people enter the theme park, so I’m happy to share my two cents. …

Creative Non Fiction

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Let’s talk bottom growth.
Let’s talk bottom growth.
Creative Non Fiction

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Prism & Pen

·Apr 5

How to Start a Rebellion on Your Primarily White College Campus

Lessons learned from attending a Primarily White Institution — If you’d told seventeen-year-old me that I’d be crafting an article like this one month before graduating, I wouldn’t have believed you. …

College

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How to Start a Rebellion on Your Primarily White College Campus
How to Start a Rebellion on Your Primarily White College Campus
College

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An Injustice!

·Mar 15

Want to Make Your Dance Class More Inclusive? Here’s What You Need To Know

From a multiracial, neurodivergent, gender non-conforming choreographer and performer — I’ve been dancing since I was a fluffy-haired kid watching my mom teach Zumba classes to help pay for me to attend an elementary school that was a bit outside of our budget. I assisted my mom as much as she would let me; I learned all her dances as…

Dance

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Want to Make Your Dance Class More Inclusive? Here’s What You Need To Know
Want to Make Your Dance Class More Inclusive? Here’s What You Need To Know
Dance

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Inspired Writer

·Jan 25

My mom almost died in July.

But that’s not the end of the story. — Before you read, I’d like to provide a content warning for brief mentions of injury. Please take care of yourself. Happy 2023. You made it to another year. Do you know anybody who didn’t? Or almost didn’t? I do — and she’s my mom. I’m offering up a condensed version…

Family

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My mom almost died in July.
My mom almost died in July.
Family

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Prism & Pen

·Oct 12, 2022

Short Fiction: Sunflower Seeds, Iridessa the Fairy, and Captain Hook

A Disney coming of age short story. — I’ve nailed it this time. I know it. The buttered yellows fading into the tangerine orange petals on my dress, the placement of the oversized sunflower seed, the faux daylily headband sitting atop my hazel afro puff, the little yellow flats I found at Justice, and the dark green yarn…

LGBTQ

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Short Fiction: Sunflower Seeds, Iridessa the Fairy, and Captain Hook
Short Fiction: Sunflower Seeds, Iridessa the Fairy, and Captain Hook
LGBTQ

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Prism & Pen

·Sep 30, 2022

Short Fiction: Home is several flights of stairs down.

The Pevensies’ ain’t got nothing on Classy and Jaden. — “I knew you’d come”. I did not think he would come. I let my brother into our childhood home and give him a once over. A mossy sweater-vest paired with a crisp white button down, black straight-cut slacks, and the academic’s standard horn-rimmed glasses. He looks like an asshole. …

LGBTQ

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Short Fiction: Home is several flights of stairs down.
Short Fiction: Home is several flights of stairs down.
LGBTQ

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Prism & Pen

·Sep 28, 2022

Shaun T, Thundering Black Trans Boy From Bishop County

short fiction — Here’s what I know for sure: it was an accident. I left class sobbing, as one is wont to do after being publicly, soullessly outed by his P.E. teacher. I changed out of my cobalt blue gym shorts and my white t-shirt that both had ‘Shaun T.’ printed on them…

LGBTQ

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Shaun T, Thundering Black Trans Boy From Bishop County
Shaun T, Thundering Black Trans Boy From Bishop County
LGBTQ

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