This platform is an example of why social media is both the lifeblood and a hazard for disabled people. As a disabled person, social media has been my primary way of earning income for years, as I managed to amass an audience interested in my takes about things ranging from 1/n polyamory, politics, religion, wrestling, Star Trek, comedy, video games, and more. Moreover, I got to use my platform to educate others on disability issues, Trans and Queer Rights, and of course polyamory. I never made a huge living from it, but it kept me afloat. 2/n

In the Trans Community, there's something called "The Button Question," which is supposed to help a questioning person determine if they're Trans or not. The idea is simple. There's a button in front of you that will swap your body from the sex characteristics and societal 1/n expectations you were assigned at birth to the "opposite" sex and set of gendered expectations. Do you press it? If you say "Yes," then you're Trans, or so the idea goes. And this metaphor can be a decent tool, flawed and narrow as it may be. But that's the thing, it is 2/n