Tag: Gender minority

  • Trans Aware Cancer Care: We almost have lift off!

    Trans Aware Cancer Care: We almost have lift off!

    We had a great planning meeting today for Trans Aware Cancer Care. This is the first time many of us had been in a room together and it was so much nicer than being in constant Zoom meetings. We’ve finally settled on the idea for what creative tools we might want for the workshops too.…

  • My thoughts on Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism

    My thoughts on Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism

    Content warning: eating disorder, mental health, sexual abuse, rape, self harm, suicide ideation, institutionalisation and ableism. Christine McGuinness shares an intimate look at her journey to Autistic realisation and the wider implications for Autistic women and girls who are going under the radar. She said she: “was really nervous about doing a documentary that was…

  • Heartbreak high: Autistic representation done right

    Heartbreak high: Autistic representation done right

    I have been waiting for Quinni – an Autistic girl played by an Autistic actress – my whole life. What I love about Quinni is that not only is she Autistic, she is openly a lesbian. Most media with lesbian characters are full of trauma around understanding their identity and coming out. And although that…