tw/cw: chest talk, dysphoria, mental health, suicidal thoughts When I was younger, I went through puberty as everyone does, but it definitely came with its challenges of conflicting feelings. I think there's a big difference between dysphoria and disconnect in a trans person's life. When I was younger, I had no distress about my gender... Continue Reading →
What I Learned By Coming Out
Story By: Sadie Jordan I am Sadie Jordan, a 16-year-old cisgender girl, and consider myself to be bisexual. I don’t necessarily have a coming out story like the ones you see in the movies. I don’t even know if you can classify it as coming out. It might not be as theatrical a coming... Continue Reading →
Rainbow Capitalism: Don’t Buy That Rainbow Toilet Paper
This pride month, since I am out and proud already in most of my social settings, I want to focus on something this month that isn't about myself and my own identity. I want to talk about rainbow capitalism. Rainbow Capitalism is where large companies MS paint their logos rainbow for all of June to... Continue Reading →
The Line Between Self-Care and Depression/Mental Fatigue
*******CW: Mental Health, self talk.******** *******Disclaimer: These are my thoughts and my experience only. Everyone is different. I am not saying that everyone who is doing self-care is "just depressed", or that every one that is depressed should "just do self-care". This is just what I noticed about myself.******* + + + + + +... Continue Reading →
Summer Binding: A How-To
This small post is a PSA for all my trans and nonbinary folks that use binders, how to bind safely during the summer! Summer is crazy hot and will only get worse as time goes on (thanks global warming) so for those of us that use binders, it makes summer extra hard to go through!... Continue Reading →
‘They’ Series: Public Conversation
This is the final installment in the series where I talk about how to use the singular pronoun 'They' and other gender-neutral terms. This post is for the public and addressing nonbinary and genderqueer folks in a public setting. This could be at work, at a cafe, at a restaurant, etc. This could also be... Continue Reading →
Suddenly, I Can’t Breathe
CW: Borderline Personality disorder, Mental Episode, Panic attack, Mental health, Graphic Description. . . . . . . . For Mental Health Awareness Month I wanted to write out what it feels like when I have a Borderline Personality episode. .. .. .. .. .. My heart is beating out of my chest. My head... Continue Reading →
‘They’ Series: For Kids and Teens
This 'They' series entry is meant for teaching the kids in the lives of Nonbinary folks! This is for children, siblings, cousins, and friends! Let's start with the basics: In school, we learn about boy and girl, men and women. We learn that we are assigned one of these categories at birth based on our... Continue Reading →
“They” Series: Friends
Continuing my Series of the singular pronoun "They", I'd like to turn the conversation to friends! The Context: You are a nonbinary person's best friend. Maybe you've known them your whole life, or two years. Maybe you're their peer in a college class, a coworker at their occupation, or just an acquaintance that wants to... Continue Reading →
“They” Series: Family
When trying to figure out ideas for nonbinary topics, I realized that I've talked about the nonbinary pronoun 'they' but there are also differences to contexts in which people saying the pronoun might learn to use it. There's family, friends, kids, ect. So this blog series is going to be for those people in a... Continue Reading →