PTSD—Or, I'm Still Doomscrolling
PTSD—Or, I'm Still Doomscrolling

Many times in my life I have experienced a feeling of looking in from the outside. I felt it when I was a child watching little girls play with dolls or talk about boys and having no interest in those things. I felt it as an adult at the weddings of Catholic friends, knowing my queer identity would prevent me from ever standing on that same altar. And I felt it when Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and President Biden was sworn in on January 2oth and I watched many of my liberal and queer friends rejoice--I wasn’t ready to let my guard down.

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Max Kuzma
one year on testosterone
one year on testosterone

In this year of hormone therapy my voice has gotten deeper, my body has gotten hairier, and I have started to feel so normal that for the first time I wondered, “is this how everyone else feels?” My girlfriend told me that I no longer stay quiet around new people or try to make myself invisible in social settings. I speak up more now, and I don’t hunch my shoulders as much.

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Max Kuzma
When Everything is Better
When Everything is Better

My mom preferred to listen to those who believed that transgender people don’t know what they’re talking about instead of listening to me, the transgender person in front of her.

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Max Kuzma
A Vision for LGBTQ+ Affirming Catholicism
A Vision for LGBTQ+ Affirming Catholicism

The broader catholic community does not present itself as a non-judgmental, safe place for people to worship God--in fact it seems more like a lion’s den, prowling with those who wish to paint queer people as the worst kind of sinful deviants. The main point I hope to make with this blog is for you to acknowledge that the way the catholic community currently treats LGBTQ+ people is wrong. 

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Max Kuzma
Sometimes, There is No Discussion
Sometimes, There is No Discussion

If therapists, doctors, and giant corporations were more accepting of trans people, it would be a totally different experience to be trans. It’s very difficult to get trans affirming surgeries and healthcare. It’s very expensive and often extremely inaccessible for disabled trans folks. Many trans people talk about being turned away from medical care because hospitals just don’t want to deal with someone who doesn’t fit their binary. The social structure of society and the way in which we view, enforce, and police gender identities harms everyone (even cis-gendered people with non-stereotypical traits). 

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Max Kuzma