Nov 9, 2020Your Pocket Guide to Trans/Nonbinary InclusionIf you’re someone who is unfamiliar with transgender and nonbinary terminology and need a simple guide on how to be inclusive, this is for you! Here are six straightforward steps to take in your everyday interactions: 1. Understand LGBTQ+ gender terminology. 2. Ask for and introduce yourself with your pronouns. 3. Abandon gendered language. 4. Avoid assumptions. 5. Actively adjust and be accountable.LGBTQ7 min read
Nov 2, 2020Why I Vote On the Behalf of the Most Vulnerable People I Can ImagineThanks to my upbringing in the house of a service-minded single mother, who was in turn raised among nine siblings by an beneficent matriarch, I have always understood the importance of civil participation, and looked forward to the opportunity to exercise my right to vote. 2020 is my second opportunity…Elections7 min read
Nov 2, 2020Election Day is Going to Be Chaotic. We Need to Be Patient But Prepared.Tomorrow, my mom will head out at 5 am to report to the polling place that she has been assigned to work, and she won’t be allowed to leave the site until two hours after the polls close. She’s deeply nervous about ‘proud boy’-types showing up outside with big guns…Elections7 min read
Jun 24, 2020How to Make Your Workplace Safe and Inclusive for Trans and Nonbinary PeopleThis month, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision that finally makes it illegal for workers to be fired because of their queer sexual orientations or gender identities. After nonstop fighting for equity on this issue, at least 1.4 million trans people around the country can…LGBTQ8 min read
Jun 21, 2020My First Anniversary of Coming Out as NonbinaryI realized this week that the anniversary of me coming out as nonbinary to my family, friends, and followers passed on April 20th, and I thought I should have done something or written something up to commemorate it. Truth is though, I don’t have much to say about my personal…Nonbinary3 min read
