Yvonne John and Meriel Whale decided that is was important to highlight and incorporate Women of Colour and the LGBTQ+ community into the childless conversation.
Read moreThis Is Me: One person‘s experience with diversity
The definition of diversity in Webster’s English Dictionary: 1: the condition of having or being composed of differing elements: or qualities
Read moreBeta, any good news?
Beta, any good news? Many South Asians are all too familiar with this question being asked at social gatherings. Especially if you have been married for more than a year.
Read moreThe Tainted First Step
Note: The below writing may be triggering for many reasons. Give space and time to notice how the body reacts. In naming what is there for us, we can name it, process, and release it.
Read moreDiversity Means ALL Of Us
When I was coming out in the early 1980s there was a widespread assumption that being gay meant I had to give up on having children, that the need to be true to myself also meant a choice not to be a mother.
Read moreI Am An African Childless Man
Sikhumbuzo Dube of Shunem Care speaks openly with his wife Soneni Dube about the emotional struggles he has faced; not only as a man but also as an African man and as a pastor. Whilst he describes the situations that raise internal questions he also shares the moments of joy.
Read moreInvisible Disability
About four years ago, I was standing in my school friend Mary’s kitchen at her 40th birthday party. A woman I was at school with came to talk to me. Naomi is a psychiatrist, and the last time we had spoken I had rung her for some advice.
Read moreWorship Hurts
God never alluded at least not in my lifetime that going to worship him would be easy. Going to worship for me helps to renew me spiritually. At least in the past that is what happen for me.
Read moreLiving with chronic illness
The most challenging aspect of my condition? Fatigue. It’s there all the time: dragging its heels behind me, setting limits around my life, dictating what I can or can’t do.
Read moreLGBTQI And Childlessness
In this episode we were joined by Victoria Firth and Meriel Whale as we continue to explore the unheard voices in our community. We wanted to learn about what it means to be LGBTQI+ and involuntarily childless.
Read moreThe Outsider
I joined a running club recently. You know, one has to keep busy.
Read moreThe intersection of diversity and childlessness as a Woman of Colour
As children, many of us (especially girls) were told by our parents that “when you grow up, you’ll get married, have kids and live happily ever after”.
Read moreChildless Employees Deserve Inclusion Too
Diversity and Inclusion has increasingly become an important part of any forward-looking organization’s corporate strategy. However, appearances can be deceptive.
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