“The evening was joyous as I experienced the first ever real taste of being myself.”
By Vicki Faith Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Dear reader, before I start this short note I would like to say a few words of my own about…
“Though it was difficult in the early months, it gradually became less of a purposeful action and more of a normalized routine.”
TW/CW: Abuse, addiction, war, suicide attempts Pronouns: She/Her/Hers and They/Them/Theirs By the age of 5, J. Adaline Britt started questioning her identity in small-town, rural…
How to ask for someone’s pronouns in the best, most polite possible way
In light of international pronouns day, it seemed only appropriate to address a growing expectation: asking one’s pronouns. Though it sounds rather comical to address…
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Hot take: Normalize using they/them pronouns for strangers
Something came to my mind while attending a week-long event in the city I work in: people use gendered pronouns for inanimate objects and folks…
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“I thought this is just how kids are.”
TW: molestation/sexual assault Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Irene grew up in Namibia, a country that borders South Africa, with a “very weird, very Christian” family dynamic. “In…
“I wanted to be confident in who I was before I showed that side of me to the world.”
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers For the first 13 years of Ivy’s life, she grew up in Henderson, Nevada, not too far from Las Vegas before the family…
Come (Out) as You Are 