We’ve always had a complicated relationship — haven’t we? “I look like a boy!” I was 15 years old, and the cry left me without meaning to right after I looked in the mirror. My hairstylist, mother, and best friend all rushed to console me — reminding me how beautiful…

On Explaining Surrogacy to My Son, Loss, and Starting Over TW: mentions of miscarriage The thing about surrogacy is that it’s not just you and the intended parents going through the process, it’s your family too. …

By Christina I was never really one for taking medication for anything unless I was truly suffering. You knew I was in extreme discomfort or pain if you saw me pop a Motrin once in a blue moon. …

To Those Who Take Our Children, Some of us grow up with different monsters. Not the boogeyman others know. Not some green-skinned creature that hides under the bed. For some of us, the fear isn’t in some dark matter that jumps out to say “boo.” For some of us —…

By: Friday Faraday You lovely readers have no doubt heard me say how much social media is connected to our lives and provides levels of representation. There are also levels of intersectionality with the other social issues we deal with. However, we are not going that deep with this particular…

By: Friday Faraday Families have always looked different whether we know it or not, but the societal norm has represented family as a cisgender set of two parents, a mom and dad. That has been pushed for decades and has become the goal for many single people (straight or not)…

By: Friday Faraday — Sometimes we can get so lost in our lives, seeing the same people everyday, and going around the same neighborhoods that we forget that the world we live in is vast, and the struggles that we go through are often shared with people on the other side of the world…

By: Friday Faraday There is an ideal picture of how our society should be, and it does differ from person to person based on their ideological, political, and personal beliefs. The broad view of that picture is a more harmonious place where the things that divide us — race, gender…

By: Friday Faraday There are over 4,000 religions, faith groups, and denominations in our modern-day world, and as you might imagine, the teachings of each one differ. You could actually see that as a reflection of the world that we live in; different ethnic groups, gender and sexuality identities, etc…