Distracted by daydreams for up to ten hours a day, Laura Grace Simpkins became desperate to understand more and, ultimately, stop. She discovered burgeoning research into “maladaptive daydreaming”, and communities…
These safe spaces offer fitness for people of color and queer folks, the big-bodied and fat-identified, the low-income and differently abled. By Deonna AndersonFreelance digital and radio reporter Zee Malinalxochitl spent…
Just like birth doulas, gender doulas support people at all stages of their gender journey. By Celeste Hamilton DennisSolutions-focused journalist, essayist, and fiction writer Before Ash Woods got gender-affirming top surgery…
Constrictive social norms and views of masculinity still prevent many men from being vulnerable and seeking help, which is impacting their mental well-being. By Dr. Ellen ChoiAssistant Professor, HR Management…
There are huge benefits for trans people – and society – when they change their outward appearance to reflect their gender identity. By Dr. Nick DrydakisProfessor in EconomicsAnglia Ruskin University In the EU and the US there…
LGBTQ people are creating queer churches where no one’s identity is a sin. By Sara Youngblood GregoryLesbian journalist and writer In December 2023, Pope Francis announced that Catholic priests may bless same-sex…
At 70, Chris decided to begin counselling to understand himself and what he’d been through better. Accessing his hospital records was a significant and clarifying experience, and as he opened…
Chris threw himself into his chosen career – teaching. In the absence of a wife and family of his own, the groups of pupils he taught became, in some ways,…
