Category: Gender

• Trigger and Content Warnings

  

  The reason we use trigger and content warnings is so we can discuss and share difficult subject matter. These warnings are not about closing people down, trying to silence them or telling them not to speak their truths, they are about protecting other people who might be in a fragile place. A simple comment could…

  redbackbites

  30/12/2021

  Activities, art, Chronic Illness, Gender, identity, illness, mental health, queer, Well being

  content warning', disabled, Facebook, friends, identity, illness, kindness, media, mental health, queer crip, queer identity, social media, trigger warnings, Well being

• Glitter Envy

  

  The stage was my space, this was my world. This was my connection to my queer communities.

  redbackbites

  21/12/2021

  art, Chronic Illness, Creativity, Disability, Gender, illness, performance, queer

  burlesque, chosen family, Chronic Illness, Disability, disabled, drag, drag king, drag kings, grief, identitiy, LGBT, LGBTIQA, ME/CFS, performance, pride, queer, queer crip, queer identity, spoonie

• Trans Masculine

  

  This moment sums up how I feel about my gender to this day.

  redbackbites

  07/11/2021

  Chronic Illness, Gender, identity, queer

  Disability, drag performance, fashion, Gender, ME/CFS, performance, queer, queer crip, queer identity

• Millions Missing 2021

  

  Thing is, it’s not simply about fatigue.  It’s about a whole range of symptoms that make up the illness and it’s diagnosed AFTER there is no known reason for why you are so ‘exhausted’

  redbackbites

  12/05/2021

  Activities, Chronic Illness, Disability, family, Gender, illness

  Activism, CFS, Chronic Illness, Disability, disabled, identity, ME/CFS, Millions Missing, queer, queer crip, queer identity, spoonie

• My Drag/Performer Story

  

  In this time, I did some shows in drag and other shows doing feminine burlesque numbers

  redbackbites

  02/01/2021

  Activities, Chronic Illness, Disability, Gender, identity, queer, Uncategorized

  Australia, bullying, Canberra, Disability, disabled, drag, drag king, drag kings, Fibromyaligia, illness, LGBT', LGBTIQA+, ME/CFS, mental health, Ngnunnawal Country, non binary, performer, queer, queer crip, spoonie

• Census- to stand up and be counted

  I just tried for the third time to phone up to sort out my census.  The message on the end of the line was ‘We’re experiencing a high volume of traffic please phone back or visit the web page’. The whole experience of attempting to fill out my census information and be counted for being…

  redbackbites

  05/09/2016

  Gender