Published in An Injustice!·5 days agoHow A Stranger on Medium Helped Me Coming OutFrom denial to Christian guilty, to a stranger on Medium, and into the unknown… all the ups and downs of my coming out journey — At least once a month I remember the first essay I wrote about being LGBT+. I don’t remember why I felt the urge to write it, all I remember is that it took me a lot of courage to post it on my Medium page (you can read it here)…LGBTQ7 min readLGBTQ7 min read
Dec 29, 2022My Letter To 2022 That Nobody Ever ReadThis is the penultimate day of the year. I hate New Year’s. I hate the feeling, I hate all the social norms of it. I mean, I find it kind of cute the tradition of celebrating a new circle, a full circle around the Sun, but why does it have…This Happened To Me8 min readThis Happened To Me8 min read
Published in Write Like a Girl·Oct 22, 2022Dealing With The Fact That Sometimes People Are Not That Into YouIt leaves me in a place wondering what I am. — I think everyone, at some level, has a fear of rejection. We all want to be accepted, loved, and desired. And our twisted minds sometimes we go too far and base all of our self-worth on one person’s opinion of us. There are approximately 7 billion people on this planet…Love4 min readLove4 min read
Aug 1, 20221º de Julho“Já que não me entendes, não me julgues” — Da janela do meu quarto no Catumbi, eu olho pra vista que já virou familiar. À minha frente tem uma favela que nunca lembro o nome, são tantas que me perco nas nomenclaturas. Logo ao lado tem vários prédios, uma antena parabólica, e o céu está um azul muito escuro…Cronica3 min readCronica3 min read
Published in An Injustice!·Jun 5, 2022What Pride Means To MeMaybe now I’m proud of me — If we look at the big picture, we will conclude that I’m very young. And that I didn’t live enough Pride’s month. And that’s right. Although now I know I was always queer — there are just a lot of signs through my childhood — I only come out (exclusively…LGBTQ5 min readLGBTQ5 min read
May 24, 2022To Be A Researcher Is To Know How To Be AloneWhat’s like to be a young researcher in a mapping project on physical vulnerabilities and dealing with the frustrations and anxiety that coming from the work. — Fernando¹ once told me that I’m good at telling stories. I was happy with the compliment because I never thought I was very good at it. …Science8 min readScience8 min read
Mar 20, 2022Maybe you shouldn’t read thisA letter about something that could have been. — This was supposed to be a Medium text, a cute one about two people with the potential to be something wonderful together but then everything goes wrong because fate works strangely. But then it became a text about my traumas and honestly? Nobody can take it anymore. Although being honest…Love5 min readLove5 min read
Mar 20, 2022Talvez você não devesse ler issoIsso era pra ser um texto pro Medium, um bonitinho sobre duas pessoas com potencial pra ser algo maravilhoso juntas mas aí vai tudo pro saco porque o destino trabalha de forma estranha. Mas aí virou um texto sobre meus traumas e sinceramente? Ninguém aguenta mais. Apesar que sendo sincera…Love5 min readLove5 min read
Oct 20, 2021Who Was The First Person To Know How To Love?Is there a school to teach us to love better? And if so, who teaches the teachers how to love? Who was the first person to know how to love? Loving can be hard, And I think it is supposed to be easy I don’t think I know how to love At least, not in…Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Sep 27, 2021Relationships Are Hard Work— And That’s OkThe life long battle of trying not to project your fears and problems into your relationships. I’ve always prided myself on being good at giving relationship advice; for me all relationships, whatever their nature, are essentially equal so the advice, tips, and reflections can be applied to all spheres of…Life6 min readLife6 min read
