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It’s the first month of a brand new year, and we’re here with some brand new designs! There are more coming soon, too - if you don’t see a style you like here, keep your eye out!

These year of the queer and queer & antisocial designs are general products, the profits of which go towards keeping Ways2Raise active and fueling future projects.

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You’ll be seeing and hearing more from us again over the next few weeks as we get back into the swing of things! Here’s a little of what you can look forward to-

The return of Writing Trans on Wednesday with answers to a few questions we’ve received.

The first Gender Expansive submission of the new year, this Saturday.

We’re in the process of creating some basic educational resources focused around transforming transphobia and other topics. And included here is a brief preview of one of the handouts we’re develping.

We’re very excited to be getting back to work, and look forward to having more things to share with you soon.

We know it’s been relatively quiet here the last month as we regroup and forge ahead, but we wanted to take the time to wish all of you a positive new year. We hope that you all are safe tonight, and we want you to know that you are loved and in our thoughts.

The picture on the left shows me desperately trying to shove the long hair that made me so uncomfortable into a hat and wearing my older cousin’s ill fitting clothes in an attempt to try to be even somewhat comfortable in my own skin. The one on the right shows me beaming with confidence, my hair freshly cut and showing off a brand new blazer and bowtie. That is what gender euphoria is to me, being able to chose how you present yourself and having what you do with your body be your choice. Gender euphoria is knowing that you have a long way to go, but being able to realize how far you’ve come. 

My last day of highschool, and two years after I first wore a suit to school and started being called Adrien. In that time I came so far in becoming comfortable in who I am, and learning that I don’t have to explain myself to anyone, or force myself to meet their standards. I have a long way to go, but I know I’ll get there in my own time. To me, gender euphoria is the realization that the way my body looks has nothing to do with how I identify or who I am.

I took these pictures the night I first got my binder… I went out skateboarding and just laughed into the wind because I felt free and whole and myself. I am me, I am nonbinary, and I am good.

If you’re nonbinary and interested in being featured for one of our Gender Expansive articles all you have to do is send us a message asking about it, or go straight to sending in a submission. Just include a short blurb telling us who you are and answer the questions below. You can also feel free to include a selfie if you like!

How do you define your gender?

What does your gender mean to you?

How and when did you realize you were nonbinary, what was that journey like?

What did you wish people knew more about your gender?

What advice would you give to people questioning their gender?

Please feel free to add in any other questions you think are important to have featured or are interested in answering. It might even become a recurring question!

The first four articles in the Gender Expansive series can be found here:

Chris/Isabella

Andrew

Zoe/Rory

Kenny