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My writing has appeared in mainstream media outlets, literary magazines, and academic journals. Below is a selection of my published work, as well as a few of my most popular keynote speeches and invited talks.
Queer kinship and family-making
With Queer Co-parenting, the More is Definitely the Merrier, Xtra Magazine, April 2021.
The Hands that Steady You, Room Magazine, 2019, 42.3: 98-105.
Interdependence and mutual aid
Imagining More Care-Full Futures: Care Work as Prefigurative Praxis, Essays in Philosophy, January/July 2023, 24(1): 11-25.
How to Prepare for the Next Environmental Disaster, Xtra Magazine, August 2023.
Death, dying and grief
Queering Grief Means Showing Up in All Our Messy Glory, Xtra Magazine, June 2023.
Queer Death Doulas Are Bringing Pleasure and Eroticism to End of Life, Xtra Magazine, June 2023.
The Future of Queer Death Could Be Outside of the Funeral Home, Xtra Magazine, June 2023.
How to Queer Your End-of-Life Planning, Xtra Magazine, June 2023.
We Have the Power to Reimagine How We Die and How We Mourn, Xtra Magazine, May 2023.
As a Queer Person, COVID-19 Made Me Realize I Need to Start End-of-Life Planning, Xtra Magazine, July 2020.
What Being Queer Taught Me About Death, Xtra Magazine, February 2020.
Leadership
“What is Your Knife and How Are You Using It?”: Holding Power and Creating Change in LGBTQ+ Health. 2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub, University of Toronto, May 2024.
Queering Leadership. Q-Med: Building LGBTQI+ Leaders in Health Care Conference. Yale School of Medicine, March 2019.
LGBTQ+ health
We Need a Queer and Trans Revolution in Care for Older Adults, Xtra Magazine, October 2020.
Five Tips on Finding an LGBTQ2-Affirming Therapist, According to LGBTQ2 Providers, Xtra Magazine, October 2019.
Empowering LGBTQ+ Youth to Thrive. Access, Advocacy and Empowerment: Health and Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Youth symposium, University of Pittsburgh, October 2018.
Dear First-Year Medical Student, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, August 2019.
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