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On disability pride, ableism, and a tough set of emotions

Pride can be confusing for me. Yes, of course, I’m proud of my advocacy work. I’m proud of what my disability and my Cushing’s disease have led me to be. But as Disability Pride Month, celebrated in July, approached this year, I found myself feeling disconnected. Right now,…

IVF is proving challenging, so I lean on some helpful tips

I’m currently in the process of frozen embryo transfer, which is usually the second half of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. Because I have both Cushing’s disease and polycystic ovary syndrome, having children naturally would’ve been a huge struggle, so my husband and I leaned into IVF. We…

Happy Pride: A look into my illness and gender expression

I love the summer because June is Pride Month for the LGBTQ+ community and July is Disability Pride Month, two huge parts of who I am. For those of you who don’t know, I’m pansexual and genderqueer, with a preference for they/them pronouns. Cushing’s disease changed my body entirely.