Let’s be perfectly queer at school

While BUSD has already made strong efforts towards creating an inclusive and supportive community for queer children, there is still room for improvement.
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While BUSD has already made strong efforts towards creating an inclusive and supportive community for queer children, there is still room for improvement.
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As a 14-year-old female to male, or FTM, transgender teen, gender has taken on a necessary role in my everyday self-expression and identity.
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I realize now that my issue with compliments doesn’t come from a distaste I was born with, but it has a lot to do with my own insecurities.
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There are many approaches for finding acceptance in the things we can’t control. What I’d say is a good first step is laughing at ourselves when we find ourselves becoming irritated.
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I’ve always been fearful of change although it’s the only constant in life. I always knew this, so why did I expect college to be any different?
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Without my glasses or contact lenses, people seem like featureless silhouettes and I feel robbed of a crucial sense required to navigate the world.
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The pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of many UC Berkeley students, but many don’t realize the impact it’s had on the LGBTQ+ community.
For all my life, I’ve always lived with somebody. This month marks the first time I’m living alone, and it’s thus far been an eye-opening process.
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Back then, I knew that if my family did not like that I was gay, it was going to cost something. But hating myself for being gay was going to cost more.
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After growing up in a community that frowed upon therapy, coming to UC Berkeley has taught me that therapy is not an act of weakness but of strength.
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