The Brighter Side of 2020: Community and Content

Community has been defined as the feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. Community is essential for affirmations and…


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Depressed during a pandemic


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Black Trans Empowerment Week 2020 and ‘Trans Awareness’: a retrospective

For me, Black Trans Empowerment Week is a moment for us. This year’s fitting theme, “When We Rise”, is suiting because we as a community are rising and declaring that our lives…


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From me to you: a letter to my younger self

Is it all worth it? I can honestly say that the bad and the sadness will always give way to something better, and brighter.


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Breakthrough… New You.

As a black womxn, of trans experience, we are conditioned to believe that no one is going to fight for us, care for us, or love us. We are told and taught that we have to take on…


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Love…? Love…! Love… (“Dating while trans”: the follow-up)

As a black womxn of trans experience, I continue to proclaim that I am not a secret, a plaything, or a fetishized object. I deserve to be loved as a whole, not just for the level…


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I’m sick of this shit… all of it.

2020 brought the world to a crashing halt, and seemed to reveal 3 dangers that, as a black trans woman, I have to fight: Covid-19, state sanctioned violence, and black men.


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Things Fall Apart: Coping with Sexual Assault

How does one deal and cope with sexual assault? … For many, it is near impossible to cope with the trauma.


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