This article was first published on March 29, 2019 on Medium.com. Chronic Illness Truths (working title), to be published in 2019, is a collection of true stories about life with chronic illness. These amazing authors share their stories to comfort, inspire, educate, acknowledge, celebrate, and mourn. Through their experiences they help others with chronic illnesses to feel less alone and family and friends to understand what it is we experience. For more information, a chanc

This article originally appeared on May 31, 2018 on Medium. In a world in which no one is straight, and yet also in which everyone seems to be very straight, I give you permission this June to call yourself bisexual. You could also call yourself pansexual. Or fluid. Or queer. The point is, no one ever tells us that we can, so if you need permission this Pride, here it is. Your gold-plated, engraved invitation. You. Yes you. YOU can call yourself bisexual. “No one is 100% stra

This essay originally appeared on Medium.com on December 31, 2017. I hated Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The Porg are adorable, yet watching this story about power, about mistakes and growth, about in-betweens and passionate advocacy for important causes, I could only see what I saw drenching the 2016 election, and what I have seen throughout 2017. What I saw were incredible, brilliant, qualified, powerful women and the men who refused to trust them. **Spoilers for Last Jedi** Po

This essay originally appeared on Medium.com on November 20, 2017. My conversations with men have changed. Some men are quiet, easing off social media. Listening. Reading. Some men have become loud. Asking questions. “But what if the survivor forgives him? Surely then it’s ok! Right?” “Oh come on, You’re not comparing Al Franken with Roy Moore? That’s disgusting! Right?” And behind these changes in men’s actions, I sense fear. The fear of self-knowledge. For surely these men,

This essay originally appeared on Medium.com on November 15, 2017. It was also published in the Huffington Post. It’s the most wonderful time of the year: open enrollment season! ♫Silver plans, silver plans. It’s healthcare time in the city.♫ Etc. Despite the Trump Administration trying to Ebeneezer Scrooge its way out of having to actually provide affordable health care coverage for the American public, the enrollment period to sign up for insurance is now open from November

This article originally appeared on Medium.com on October 27, 2017. In the past week, Republicans in the House and Senate have passed non-binding budget resolutions: recommendations for how the party thinks spending should be allocated, or to be accurate, cut. The lowered spending, combined with tax cuts for the wealthy and the super-wealthy, would add $1.5 trillion to the U.S. budget deficit - the difference between income and spending. For bisexual people, who are statistic

This essay first appeared on Medium.com on October 16, 2017. **Content note: sexual violence** On Sunday night, women took to social media to say “#MeToo,” confirming their places among the staggering numbers who’ve experienced sexual violence. Study after study after nationally representative study finds that bisexual women in particular report higher percentages of sexual assault, rape, intimate partner and domestic violence than lesbian and heterosexual women. The data is