A great ally knows what an ally is and checks their privilege — When Prism & Pen asked, “What makes a great ally?” my memory returned to the moment I learned just how unaware the general population is. Before I was unceremoniously purged from the closet, I was an ally. Not a great one, but at least I knew what ally meant! Let’s start with ME as a crappy ally This…

When I was both cishet and queer AF — I don’t have a big ‘coming-out’ story. Not that any queer person has just one singular coming-out story, but I don’t even have many stories in my coming-out compilation. For me, the biggest coming-out was to myself when I pretty much tripped over a unicorn and stumbled out of the…

Twisting words and having laughs because life’s too gay to be taken straight — I’m just going to sit here and if you say shit I deem dumb, it’s your ooooooown fault! We in the rainbow community hear a lot of dumb shit from the ill-informed, uneducated, typically white cishet-normative societal members who claim to be superior by virtue of their ‘straightness.’ And, let’s face it, much of it is downright hilarious. …

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Teaser from the Character Collective Podcast — Unprofessional writers doing a thing — The following is an edited EARLY SNEAK PEEK from Season 3, Episode 25 of the Character Collective podcast. New episodes are available every Wednesday from 6am (EST). Listen to the latest episode here: Kai: I’m in a state of what the fuck? Kristy…

Reflecting on my transition journey this week — WEEK 76 CHECK-IN: Trans Life Past: This week has a lot going on with moves between three sits and then heading off to South Australia the following Monday. As for the T journey, my brain is really thinking about surgeries and yeeting of the things. We’ll see where that goes. At sit number…

March 2023 writer update from Kai Parker — Contents (with quick links): March 2023 Writer Update Life of a Writer — This Month in Review WIP Update PUBLISHED! Next Month March 2023 Writer Update What started as a writing consolidation has become a writing declutter! I decluttered my life a few years back and it had a huge impact on my focus and allowance, so let’s…

I’m fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine — In the aftermath of the 50-Day Challenge If you’ve read anything from me on KTHT before, there’s an excellent chance it was one of my 50-Day Challenge responses. In fact, there are 50 chances that’s correct. 50 Questions of Self-Reflection and Discovery Who the hell am I anywaymedium.com That was one hell of a journey and one I absolutely recommend (even if it did take me 17 months). But…

Teaser from the Character Collective Podcast — Unprofessional writers doing a thing — The following is an edited EARLY SNEAK PEEK from Season 3, Episode 24 of the Character Collective podcast. New episodes are available every Wednesday from 6am (EST). Listen to the latest episode here: Kai: We were gonna talk about AI because there’s a…