Gender, sexuality and metaphorical penises.
No, not like that.
Category: Masking
It often seemed like people around me didn’t have so much trouble learning what direction to grow in. They just knew how to become a human being. They knew when to say hello and goodbye, how to jump rope, ride bikes, what to talk about, and what to wear.
The search for identity, unmasking, and finding an authentic self after a life lived as something else.
On labels and the illusions they create: when is a label okay, and when does it give rise to supremacy?
My name is Hugh Willis. I am autistic. Having an autism spectrum diagnosis and changing…
It was the anniversary of Moby Dick‘s publication. 15 November 1851. The song was released…
Trigger warning: this one is dark Content warning: bad poetry Fifteen years ago, I wrote…
One woman tells of her lifelong journey to mask her true identity and the process of allowing herself to take off the mask and be her authentic self.
For as long as I can remember, I have been considered odd. Not the sort…
I’m an aspie—an insider term to describe a person with Asperger’s Syndrome. It’s a label…