Tag: mental illness

Quickies: Autistic Trans Man Shot by Police, Transgender Activism in Romania, LGBT Rights in India

By Jac

In Quickies

On February 8, 2016

Police Shoot Autistic Trans Man After Being Alerted to Suicide Risk – The media have been misgendering and dead naming Kayden Clarke all over the place. In a story that’s become all too common in the USA, the police respond to a person having a mental health crisis by escalating the situation and then executing the person they […]

Queerview Mirror: An Aromantic’s Love Song to the Populace

By Ser

On January 15, 2016

I don’t read much poetry, but when I do, it is because the title of the book has caught my attention. The short volume of poetry An Aromantic’s Love Song to the Populace by Niko Bouvier caugh

Genderqueer , Health / Medicine , Transgender

The Problem with Being Trans and Mentally Ill

By Olive

On March 17, 2015

When I was nineteen, I was referred to a psychiatrist to be assessed for bipolar disorder. The assessment lasted an hour, and at first, I thought it was going pretty well. Like many other people who h

Call Me Crazy: Why Sanism Matters to Queer and Feminist Activists

By Lucas

In Ableism , Featured , Sanism

On May 3, 2014

“The worst thing to call somebody is “crazy”. It’s dismissive. I don’t understand this person, so they’re crazy. That’s bullshit! People are not crazy. They are strong people. Maybe the environment is a little sick.” –Dave Chappelle 1 in 5 Americans deals with some form of mental illness. Yet despite its relatively commonplace occurrence, those with […]

Quickies

QUICKIES 08/26/2013

By Yessenia

On August 26, 2013

Here’s a chart showing the distribution of abortion clinic loss in recent years. A great essay on how disability is representationally gendered, which marginalizes women with invisible disabilit