Hi, I’m Rowan.
I work in the equine industry around Montreal, QC, training in horse/human trauma recovery with EQUUSOMA®. I sing occasionally in the choirs of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul. I also consult on and advocate for 2SLGBTQIA+ rights within institutional systems. I came out as non-binary, started using they/them pronouns, and published my poetry chapbook, Tiny World, in 2018.
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Beyond Inclusion: How Non-Binary People Can Transform the Psychedelic Industry (On Chacruna)
Inclusion efforts can be rooted in an intention to help non-binary people heal, but they should equally base themselves on the valuing of our leadership, unique perspectives, and life experiences as an indispensable contribution to the psychedelic industry.
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Trying to give blood as a non-binary person in Quebec
Hema Quebec is now celebrating the fact that gay men and trans people “can now give blood” because of their new evaluation process. I have written to them to ask how they would measure hemoglobin levels for potential donors, now that transgender people can give blood, including non-binary people.
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About blogging
I can imagine all sorts of different reasons someone I love (or used to) might disown me after finding my writing.
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Top surgery is repair
Looking down at myself as blood-spotted gauze revealed smooth, flat skin broken with a line of tape-lined stitches, I felt like I was finally getting back to the me I started out being.