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FOLLOW ALONG WITH OUR BIG, BRAVE, MESSY FAMILY AS WE FIGURE OUT THIS MAGICAL LIFE OF OURS, FILLED WITH LOVE, + HARD STUFF, + MORE CHICKENS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT HERE ON SALT SPRING ISLAND.
I'M HERE, I'M ALIVE, I'M LUCKY // Transgender Day of Remembrance
TRANS AWARENESS WEEK.
The life expectancy of a transgender person is 35. Statistically speaking this is my last year, but I’m all about defying the odds. I’m here. I’m alive. I’m loved. I am a lucky one.
WHY PRONOUNS MATTER AND TIPS TO STOP SCREWING UP
It’s the worst feeling isn’t it.
You love someone, you see their true self, you respect them and want to show them just how much you’ve got their back and then you drop the bomb. You’ve been so concerned with getting it right and loving them that you actually screw up huge and use the wrong pronoun. It’s all you can hear, it’s all the beautiful transgender person you’re talking to can hear, it echoes like you’re trapped alone in a cave and every whisper is heard.
HOW TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT QUEER FAMILIES + LGBTQ PEOPLE.
MY NAME IS NICK. I’M THAT BIG SCARY TRANSGENDER PERSON YOU’VE BEEN TOLD TO FEAR.