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Reflections on autism, neurodivergence, gender, sexuality, relationships, detransition, non-linear gender experiences, and gender-affirming care. These articles are written for queer, trans, autistic, and neurodivergent adults navigating identity, embodiment, autistic burnout, queer burnout, queer fatigue, minority stress, and the work of building more sustainable ways of living.
Alexithymia is often described as difficulty identifying emotions, but that definition only captures part of the experience. This article explores how interoception, sensory processing, trauma and autistic masking may shape emotional awareness in different ways, including when signals are faint, overwhelming or difficult to bring together into a clear meaning.
Read MoreWhat is bottom-up processing in autism, and why can it make everyday life feel so intense? This post explores sensory processing, prediction, social exhaustion, sensory overload, and why predictability, clarity, and routines can be important supports for autistic people.
Read MoreAutism, gender identity, and Pride intersect in meaningful ways. This reflection explores why autistic people may relate differently to gender norms, how masking and unmasking can shape identity, and what neuroqueering can teach us about building lives beyond neuronormativity, cisnormativity, and narrow expectations.
Read MoreQueer burnout is a distinct flavour of burnout where the exhaustion is caused by the reality of navigating life as a queer person. If the classic work burnout is the state of exhaustion that stems from living in a toxic work culture, Queer burnout is the state of exhaustion that stems from living in a heterocisnormative culture.
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