By Malik, 30 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I’m a Black trans man living with schizophrenia. I take medication, have people who show up for me, and live a life that doesn’t resemble the version of my diagnosis you see on television. I’m tired of people acting surprised by that. The first time somebody made a schizophrenia
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By Robin I used to think van life was a personality type. You know the version: linen shirt, enamel mug, golden retriever asleep under a wool blanket. A woman with sun-bleached hair opens the back doors at sunrise and looks out over a desert valley. Someone makes coffee with a tiny pour-over setup while a
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The Tuesday night men’s meeting at Desert Fellowship Hall starts at 7:00. Nobody walks in at 7:00. By 6:40 the coffee’s on, somebody’s fighting with the folding chairs, and Big Ray is at his table by the window with his Styrofoam cup like he’s been sitting there since the Carter administration. I’ve been coming to
