I'm Genderqueer — Please Stop Asking Me When I'm 'Really' Going To Transition
Like so many genderqueer people, my transition has not been from one gender identity to 'the other.'
Like so many genderqueer people, my transition has not been from one gender identity to 'the other.'
"Trans narratives are all different. There is no 'one answer' to creating awareness of trans identities."
I fell in love with yoga around the time that I came out, a combination that rescued me from feeling lost and alone.
Producer Jamie Arendt shares her story about spending Friday and Saturday -- a day of attack and a day of mourning -- with MTV News.
'Tonight, we stay awake. We comfort each other, we assure our family members we are safe and grieve for those whose are not.'
'When people hear my full name, they expect to meet an Irish boy. Instead they meet a Korean girl. Welcome to interracial adoptee life.'
In the words of the famous philosopher/songwriter Taylor Swift, haters gonna hate, hate, hate. They especially hate when you continue to do what you love. That’s their problem though, not yours.
'I love the idea behind social media and have nothing to hide from my followers. As a result, you can expect me to post almost anything to everything.'
'I’m not looking for guilt or a place at your Christmas dinner, but merely to say I’m human.'
'My real parents are the parents who raised me -- the ones who did more than just create me.'
They've all contributed greatly to society -- just in vastly different ways.
'You keep this word tucked close to your chest, not ready to identify this way yet, not fully aware of what it means at all.'
For the first time, I felt like 'throwing up glitter.' I thought I had felt love before, but it was nothing like this.
Millions of people live with a chronic disease like lupus. Here's what you need to know.
Kristen Fox, 23, calls her invisible illness 'a blessing in disguise.'
I can finally live.
"Even though this book was well-written, and the movie will probably be good, this book still scared me."
"If I've learned anything about my boyfriend who suffers from a mental illness, it's that he's realizing that there is much more to life than what meets the eye."
"Everyone assumes that people who suffer from a brain or mental disorder can just get rid of it and make it go away like it's that easy. But it's not."
"There’s no 'on/off' switch to these emotions. Once they surge through me, they deluge my inner soul like a tidal wave, practically drowning me."
"I did not have control of who I was, but I could control what I looked like."