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On Spiritual Teachers: Having Them and Being Them

Posted on January 17, 2020
A photo of Rumi, spiritual teachers.

By Kelly M. Marshall I never set out to walk the path of a teacher. When I committed to yoga as my primary spiritual discipline, I was an anxious, depressed, dumpster fire of a human being. My relationship with myself and any changes I made before that day were motivated by shame, fear, and perfectionism. I wore myself out trying to fit the mold of what I thought a worthy and good human being looked like. It was through the path of yoga that…

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Asking For A Friend: How Do I Set Family Boundaries In The New Year?

Posted on December 30, 2019
A photo of Dr. Laura McGuire of Asking for a Friend #MeToo Movement.

By Dr. Laura McGuire The holidays can be a tough time for queer people: family members using the wrong pronouns, parters being excluded, and hurtful political opinions. In this month’s Asking for a Friend, Dr. Laura McGuire discusses how to set boundaries with family during the holidays and in the New Year. Like this video? Make sure to subscribe to get more Asking for a Friend each month. Sexually curious? Dr. Laura McGuire can help! Email your queer sex questions anonymously to [email protected]. Don’t worry, we…

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Emergent Pathways: Houstonian Dr. Kaden J. Stanley Offers Trans-Centered Mental Health Services

Posted on November 27, 2019
A photo of Emergent Pathways owner Dr. Kaden J. Stanley.

Houston-native Dr. Kaden J. Stanley comes from a family that greatly values higher education. He spent his childhood cheering for his North Carolinian parents’ Atlantic Coast Conference basketball teams and dreamed of, one day, becoming a Duke Blue Devil himself. In the sixth grade, Stanley and his parents agreed that he would continue his schooling at a college preparatory academy. The school he would attend from sixth through twelfth grade was, as Stanley describes, southern Baptist and radically fundamentalist—Senator Ted…

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Opinion: On The Need for Trans-Inclusive Abortion and Healthcare Services

Posted on November 21, 2019
A photo of trans-inclusive healthcare.

Abortion is a polarizing issue, but every person who can conceive a child is worthy and capable of making the private decision whether or not to have the procedure. Historically, the anti-abortion crusade has been heavily targeted toward cisgender women. Yet, cisgender women are not the only people who can get pregnant or receive an abortion—many transgender men, intersex, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people can too.…

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Get Wilde: Houston LGBTQ-Owned Oddities Shop Serves Halloween Spooks Year-Round

Posted on October 25, 2019
A photo of the Wilde Collection.

If you’re a Halloween fanatic like me, the sight of spooky pop-up costume shops around town signals your favorite time of the year. But what if I told you that you could get your oddity and eerie fix all year round, simply by making a journey to Houston’s Greater Heights? On the corner of Yale and 15th Street lies the Wilde Collection, an LGBTQ-owned oddities store run by Lawyer B. Douglas II and Tyler Zottarelle. Encircled by the shop’s curiously odd…

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Need A Therapist? There’s A Quiz for That

Posted on October 7, 2019
A photo of Ryan Schwartz, founder of Mental Health Match.

I think the last time I took an online quiz, it was to see what kind of hot dog I was. Spoiler alert, I’m a Chicago-style dog. While these benign online quizzes, first made famous by Buzzfeed, have become popular for passing the time (and escaping from the inundation of celebrity pop culture and political scandals), Houstonian Ryan Schwartz has created one that is actually here to help.…

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