Speaking Your Truth

Adoption and my son

I lost my son to adoption and then suffered severe depression but now i’m Working hard to become self employed I want to share my story and maybe it will help someone

“This is who I am”

Many a times women refer to other women as their own enemies, the thing is we focus a lot on the negative and forget about the positive and amazing things women can do for each other. There...

Living My Life As Visual Impaired

It has took me guts to write this because not many people will probably not even care but I want to share my story to support other people dealing with the same disability as myself. When I...

“Women want this care”

VIDEO: Sara Marie Forrest Jaimes, CNM, discussed her commitment to midwifery, to gender-equality, and to helping women have dignified births.

We are all loved

After my parent’s divorce, I slowly sank into a trap. The trap of low self esteem. Following the event, my grandma came into the picture and became the caregiver of my sis and I. My...

Being A Young Lesbian

Being a lesbian is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I wish I could have imagined this possibility when I was younger, because when I was 11 or 12 years old, all I knew about...

Ser una lesbiana joven

Ser lesbiana es lo mejor que me ha pasado en la vida. Desearía haber imaginado esa posibilidad cuando era más joven porque cuando tenía 11 o 12 años, todo lo que sabía de lesbianas...

Hands off my tamariki

I spoke at a family violence prevention conference in Aotearoa New Zealand recently about the rife state uplift of indigenous children here. New Zealand child protection harms more children...

My story as an apostate

In May 2017, I submitted a petition to a court of law in the city of Omdurman asking for a change in my National Record of my religious status from “Muslim” to “Nonreligious”. The...

My Story

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to childhood rape and abuse. My name is Kylie. And I am a survivor. Some backstory my dad was never in...