The Purplepaw Blog

Childhood trauma is not a parenting accident. It's a parenting choice. By forcing your values and your religion on your children, you strip them

Cisgender people have gender dysphoria - and some even worse than the gender-diverse community. That's because gender dysphoria is about incongruence between how you

What if everything you learned about human biology in high school was incomplete? Not exactly wrong, but breathtakingly oversimplified?

Science has known for decades that

Of all people, I was attacked by a Christian telling me to "live and let live." Worse, he did it as he attacked me with

Can transgender Christians still follow their faith? Or does the Christian god demand full fealty to the commandments of his followers?

A viewer's question

What do religious conservatives fear when they suppress Queer history? If they can predict a person's identity at conception, shouldn't Queer history only

A False Growth Mindset prizes effort, not learning, and conversion therapy leans into the fallacy. But knowledge is the basis of action, and changing knowledge

Your Mindset determines whether gender transition is possible...or permanently out of reach. Carol Dweck's research on Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset reveals exactly

It felt like SCOTUS handed us a defeat in Chiles vs Salazar. But the decision, built upon a First Amendment challenge to conversion therapy bans,

Sex is NOT a spectrum, and claiming it is gives conservatives a secret weapon to limit gender-diverse identity.

Despite its popularity and well-meaning

Today we hear about Lilliana Kendra Young's pursuit of justice for all in Indiana State government. Lilliana is a candidate for District 61 of

In this episode, Terraine LeBeau breaks down how trauma begins, how it manifests, and how it can end.  Terraine is a Certified Relationship Mentor,

Afraid to transition because you don't know where to start? You don't need to have it all figured out right now. You just

The Amethyst Pentacle models identity as five states of human experience connected by five processes in an unbroken cycle of discovery and growth. The last

The gender-critical crowd claims Hormone Replacement Therapy can't make a woman the way natural cycles do. But what if HRT could simulate that

Why does leaving male privilege make society so angry? Ancient Rome holds the answer.

In this live stream, we explore a fascinating historical parallel: the

Today's episode features Serena Saint Sinclair's story of deconstructing religion to build a new magical practice. Serena is a Chaos witch, Persephone devotee,

The Amethyst Pentacle models identity as five states of human experience connected by five processes in an unbroken cycle of discovery and growth. The last

Navigating gender-affirming surgery can feel overwhelming, and I'm here to break down the choices!

I discuss how to match breast implants to your

"Can you define the word 'gender'?"

It sounds like a simple question, but when I received it as a comment on the podcast with DR