“Gender is a story, not just a word. There are as many ways to be a woman as there are women. There are as many ways to be a man as there are men. There are as many ways to be non-binary as there are non-binary people. This complexity is not chaos, it just is. We do not need to be universal to be valid.” - Alok Vaid-Menon The client who created this certificate allowed me to share it with you. #Transgender #NonBinary #ArtTherapy #ArtPsychotherapy #ArtsTherapy #ArtsPsychothera

“Rather than explain myself in the face of cultural confusion, anger, and/or hatred, I yearn for the day when all the rules that confine and constrain gender, that punish gender transgression—rules shaped by misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, and shaped again by white supremacy, capitalism, ableism—come crashing down. I want my gendered story to be one of many stories that defy, bend, smash the gender binary. But in the end, what I really want is for all the many gendered pos

When I came across this box with my deadname on it I was not expecting such a strong emotional response. I decided to reclaim the box by painting it with the agender flag colours. I found this process very empowering and I am proud to be able to work through those uncomfortable feelings. Painted box by Rae Sabine #AgenderPride #ArtTherapy #HealingThroughArt #NonBinary #ArtsPsychotherapy #ArtHeals

“They live in nests on the tops of trees; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls, and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are” - (J. M. Barrie in Peter & Wendy, 1911, Ch. 17) Digital Illustation by Rae Sabine #ArtTherapy #SelfPortrait #ArtHeals #EmpowermentThroughArt #NonBinary #ArtTherapist