Carry On: Unpacking Your Internalized Transphobic and Queerphobic Baggage

An exploration of the messy but liberating process of defining and decentring inner narratives of shame, fear and regret for one’s own queer identity.

Queerphobic and transphobic messaging can arrive from nearly any direction, and once queer and trans people are exposed to the fear, disgust and judgement people have for otherness, it can easily fester into internalized oppression.

In a society that promotes the narrative of self-loathing queers, loving and accepting ourselves can be hard t...