This collection capped off a challenging year and a new chapter in our growth as a platform and as a team. We each wrote a note to give you a deeper look at who we are, and why we do the work we do.
In this narrative, Dominic Cinnamon Bradley describes what practices and responsibilities accompany becoming an elder in the Black trans community who is healthy, accountable, and courageous.
In a deep dive, Nina Gonález Silas writes about midwives, birthworkers, and doulas who wield the power to set the foundation for a world that is more loving, empowered, and collaborative.
In this entry, Swetha Ramesh writes a poem about their ancestors and their influence in imagining the future.
In this essay, Rohan Mishra writes about making sense of their surroundings at home, and finding space in a puzzle that doesn’t seem fit for them.
In this entry, xime izquierdo ugaz is joined in conversation with Gahela Cari Contreras, the first Indigenous Trans Woman to run for political office in Peru. In this 3 chapter photo essay, we join xime and Gahela as they discuss Gahela's story, and the world she envisions for Trans people everywhere.
In this entry, Kim M Reynolds interviews Tobi Adebajo (they/them), Adedamola Bajomo (they/them), and Kyoko Takenaka (they/them), the three members of Wastewomxn. They discuss creative collaborations across timezones, expansive genre practices, and the influence of culture.
How do we reclaim the vision of Asian futurism that rejects the western gaze often centered around Techno-Orientalism? Allison Hsu writes about how racial solidarity and taking stock of how other historical movements in reclaiming power, namely the Black Power movement, can reveal the guide posts.
In this entry, Almah LaVon Rice describes "rest as reparations" and interviews Onika Reigns, co-founder of Black Dream Escape, about "rest doulas" who guide and support individuals from a rested state to a dream state.
This collection capped off a challenging year and a new chapter in our growth as a platform and as a team. We each wrote a note to give you a deeper look at who we are, and why we do the work we do.
In this narrative, Dominic Cinnamon Bradley describes what practices and responsibilities accompany becoming an elder in the Black trans community who is healthy, accountable, and courageous.
In a deep dive, Nina Gonález Silas writes about midwives, birthworkers, and doulas who wield the power to set the foundation for a world that is more loving, empowered, and collaborative.
In this entry, Swetha Ramesh writes a poem about their ancestors and their influence in imagining the future.
In this essay, Rohan Mishra writes about making sense of their surroundings at home, and finding space in a puzzle that doesn’t seem fit for them.
In this entry, xime izquierdo ugaz is joined in conversation with Gahela Cari Contreras, the first Indigenous Trans Woman to run for political office in Peru. In this 3 chapter photo essay, we join xime and Gahela as they discuss Gahela's story, and the world she envisions for Trans people everywhere.
In this entry, Kim M Reynolds interviews Tobi Adebajo (they/them), Adedamola Bajomo (they/them), and Kyoko Takenaka (they/them), the three members of Wastewomxn. They discuss creative collaborations across timezones, expansive genre practices, and the influence of culture.
How do we reclaim the vision of Asian futurism that rejects the western gaze often centered around Techno-Orientalism? Allison Hsu writes about how racial solidarity and taking stock of how other historical movements in reclaiming power, namely the Black Power movement, can reveal the guide posts.
In this entry, Almah LaVon Rice describes "rest as reparations" and interviews Onika Reigns, co-founder of Black Dream Escape, about "rest doulas" who guide and support individuals from a rested state to a dream state.