The biggest culture shock I ever experienced was not when I moved from the U.S. to the U.K., but when I moved from the South to Southern California. I was not prepared for the food and everything I didn’t realize it would represent when it came to race, class, and fatphobia — and how much that had permeated my own thinking in ways I never realized.

I did a profile on a trans woman who fundraised to receive training in hair removal so she could open up her own clinic for trans people in the Manchester area.

Talking about how my experience at an all-women's university influenced why I I think women's spaces are important -- and why trans women should be part of them.

There are many ways that death has followed me throughout my life. I was born with my umbilical cord wrapped around my throat and a disability nearly caused my death several times as an infant. When I was three and I stopped growing, my growth hormone, before it was made in a lab, was taken from cadavers. Fearing death dominated my childhood so much that I became extremely paranoid. Growing up with a gay parent and hearing about Matthew Shepard, I had to trust the friends I brought home into my

How being on the autistic spectrum has helped me learn and understand more about consent -- and why allistic (non-autistic) people should follow suit.

How being on the autistic spectrum can impact your understanding and exploration of consent.

Lola Phoenix walks into BuzzFeed News’ central London office talking quickly and quietly before sitting on a sofa, arms crossed over chest to cover what Phoenix wants – needs – surgeons to remove: G-cup breasts.

"Why should we be so proscriptive?” Lola asks. “’Bi’ as a prefix does mean two, but we can still call a tricycle a bike and people understand. Language evolves. We need to pay more attention to people who say they feel excluded by the label and work with them to see how we can change that.”

The word "Mx" has become the honorific of choice for those who don’t want their title to define them as male or female.

Chest binding is an everyday reality for many transgender and non-binary people, but healthcare professionals know little about the practice. The first ever medical study on the practice says that it's time to change that.

What’s the cost of a gendered name? Lola was discharged after the clinic that they* had attended for two years determined that not changing their name from Lola to a male gendered or gender neutral name did not warrant the surgery that would ultimately make them feel more like Lola.

An article I wrote for Attitude Magazine about being agender.

One of my articles about my experience with the GIC was published in LGBT History Month Magazine for 2017.

I was interviewed about my feelings about non-binary representation in the media.

Recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in awareness of transgender communities among wider society. In 2014, Time magazine declared society has reached a "transgender tipping point" and figures like Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox have become household names.

Four people living in the UK explain what it's like to be non-binary.

I’m a big fan of yours. And not just of the movies that you’ve made, but also your willingness to be outspoken about so many important political issues. You’ve supported Black Lives Matter, been outspoken about environmental protection, and LGBTQ rights.

Over the course of 7 days in July 2016, I polled 100 trans and/or non-binary people about their experiences at Gender Identity Clinics (GICs).

"We need companies to come out, and rather than just getting a shiny “LGBTQ friendly” medal, to spell out how they can protect gender non-conforming and trans people and why they are willing to hire them."

I’ve been fundraising for my surgery for nearly a year now and in that process, I’ve discovered that there are a lot of assumptions people make about me.