Death.io Blog • 21st August 2019 Why it's the wrong time for a rainbow hearse I wrote about the rainbow hearse that featured at Glasgow Pride and how it may have aimed to start a conversation but missed the mark on understanding the LGBTQ community.
Medium • 5th August 2019 What fatphobia tells us about our fear of death How our fear of death is part of fatphobia and ableism.
Talk Poverty • 4th March 2019 I Couldn't Spend Money Like My Classmates. So I Tried To Eat Like Them. 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.
Broadly • 9th October 2018 I Learned How to Permanently Remove Hair to Help Trans People Like Me 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.
The Independent • 27th May 2018 Opinion: As an agender person, this is what going to a women's university taught me about all-women's spaces 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.
The Establishment • 21st September 2017 When You’re On The Autistic Spectrum, Consent Is Complicated How being on the autistic spectrum can impact your understanding and exploration of consent.
Fabulous Magazine • 30th March 2017 The Rise of Gender Fluidity I was interviewed about my feelings about non-binary representation in the media.
LGBT History Month Magazine • 30th March 2017 Are you socially transitioned? One of my articles about my experience with the GIC was published in LGBT History Month Magazine for 2017.
Attitude Magazine • 30th March 2017 There's No Hiddlen Agender An article I wrote for Attitude Magazine about being agender.
The Gay UK • 30th March 2017 'Not Trans Enough': The Cost of a Gendered Name 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.
Broadly • 30th March 2017 Inside the Landmark, Long Overdue Study on Chest Binding 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.
Telegraph.co.uk • 30th March 2017 What's it like to be a Mx? The word "Mx" has become the honorific of choice for those who don’t want their title to define them as male or female.
Biscuit • 30th March 2017 Bisexuality & Binary/Non-Binary Relationships "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.”
Buzzfeed • 30th March 2017 This Is What It's Like Growing Up With No Gender 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.
The Independent • 19th September 2016 Being non-binary in the UK 'feels like a hole in your chest where gender used to be' Four people living in the UK explain what it's like to be non-binary.
The Independent • 19th September 2016 What does non-binary mean? 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.
Beyond The Binary • 29th August 2016 Impact of the GIC on mental health 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).
The Huffington Post • 9th June 2016 Introducing HuffPost's "Journey Beyond the Binary" Blog Series! "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."
Medium • 11th February 2016 Seven wrong assumptions about surgery and transgender people 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.
The Huffington Post • 4th February 2016 8 Trans People Give Incredibly Moving Messages To Their Younger Selves We asked eight trans people to address their younger selves - and give the advice and hindsight they wished they could have known when they were teenagers.
