Tag: My Queer Story
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Gender Gems on Rum and Coffee: Raw Flavors of Scottish Queerness
Over rum, coffee, and a shifting Shetland dialect, an elder Scottish host shares unexpected stories about masculinity, femininity, and growing up constrained by labels. This quiet, funny, and tender encounter reveals how gender truths often surface not through theory, but through shared moments, storytelling, and a well-poured nightcap.
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Gun Violence, Trauma, and Why I’m a Queer Crying Over Charlie Kirk’s Death
I didn’t expect to cry over Charlie Kirk’s death. But living with trauma in a country where gun violence is normalized, another violent death that pins the blame on trans people is terrifying. Healing isn’t just internal — we also need safer external environments for EVERYONE if we’re ever going to feel whole.
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The Queer Heart of Ohio: Why Columbus might be the Queerest MidWest City
Columbus, Ohio surprised me with its vibrant, deeply layered queer community. From crashing Pride parties to documenting radical self-love, I met people reshaping what it means to belong. This post explores faith, gender, sex work, and joy in one of the Midwest’s most unexpectedly queer and welcoming urban centers.
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Navigating Trauma in Today’s Political Climate: Abuse Survivors, LGBTQ+, and Trump Again
Jayme reflects on their struggles and PTSD symptoms in response to a second Trump presidency, particularly as a transgender, LGBTQ+ person and abuse survivor. They express safety concerns, trauma, and anger towards the erasure of LGBTQ+ people and abuse survivors in the midst of societal regression. The importance of visibility and shared experiences is emphasized…
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Connecting Queer Stories Beyond Social Media Platforms
I’m checking back into this blog as I’m revisiting the website and updating things – consistency can be hard for me in longer form writing. However, I think it is so important and utilizing seemingly obsolete platforms like blogs, perhaps should be making a comeback with the increasing volatility of major social media platforms. As much
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Why Alaska to Start an LGBTQ Project Celebrating Gender?
More than once, I’ve been told that Alaska is where you go to get away from the rest of the world’s noise—its politics, its hustle, its expectations. It’s a place where people carve out space to live on their own terms. That’s exactly what drew me back here for a second time, not just for…
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Gun Violence Normalized: My Queer Reflections on Gun Violence from Alaska to Virginia to Texas
After a Pride weekend in Soldotna, Alaska, a tense encounter with armed strangers outside a friend’s home triggers personal reflections on gun culture, safety, and violence across Alaska, Texas, and Virginia—revealing how gun trauma quietly shapes queer lives in America.
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Roadtripping towards Embracing My Queerness: 5,000 miles later brought All the Genders Photo Project
Driving thousands of miles through the remote wilderness of British Columbia and the Yukon gave me the rare gift of solitude—the kind that peels away layers of societal expectations. Alone on the icy highways, surrounded only by mountains and pine forests, I reconnected with who I am beyond assumptions about gender. That long, quiet road…