The bludgeon of sexuality
Sex and sexuality are topics I love to discuss, mainly because they both intrigue me on many levels. Personally I am omnisexual, liking who I like, not fearing my attraction to whoever the other person may be. I also define myself as a situational polyamourist, as in if my partner was happy with an open [...]
The uplift
Some times I read trans coming out stories, the pain people felt, the angst, and the general struggle they have gone through, and I wish I could read more of the positive side of what it is to be trans, gender queer, and gender variant. I appreciate that people need to articulate their feelings, and [...]
The freedom to breath
Sometimes I am asked what it is like to be a trans woman, what it is like to have been ‘born into the wrong body’. My best analogy is just imagine you are wearing a set of clothes that is all wrong for you and you can never take them off. You are never comfortable [...]
Who, not the what
by Rachel Saunders In the heat of the moment they ask the question ‘what are you’, looking at you like you are the most exotic thing they have ever encountered. That look, to the answer you give, bursting with anticipated questions of the ‘what’, leads down a path of a multitude of answers which, while [...]
The looking glass
by Rachel Saunders Over the last year there have been several high profile examples of famous people coming out and transitioning, including Chaz Bono and Lana Warchowski, and each has had their own tale to tell of how they reached this point in their lives. Many more low key examples have been printed, usually with [...]