Writing

Writing

My writing primarily focuses on social justice with common themes including queerness, gender diversity, neurodivergence, and intersectionality. I have written articles, professional papers, personal essays, and creative works that have been published in LGBTIQA+ media, literary journals, scholarly journals and online publications.

Academic Writing

• Lane, S., & Thomas, C. (2023). Beyond inclusion: Developing guidelines to support trans, gender diverse and non-binary communities. Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association. doi: 10.30688/janzssa.2023-2-03

Articles & Blog Posts

• Gender Equity Beyond the Binary – Edith Cowan University (2022)
• Four Australians share why they don’t celebrate Australia Day – ABC Everyday (2022)
• No, you can’t identify as ‘transracial’. But you can affirm your gender – The Conversation (2021)
• Being Non-Binary and Having an Eating Disorder: A Trans Person’s Experience – The Butterfly Foundation (2021)
• The importance of chosen family for the LGBTI community – Out In Perth (2017)
• Intersex Awareness Day: Activist and artist Pidgeon Pagonis – Out In Perth (2017)
• Combating homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and intersex exclusion – Out In Perth (2017)
• Interview: Intersex Activist and Artist Pidgeon Pagonis – The Queer Av (2016)
• Interview: All Trans Band Ryan Cassata & The Rhythm – The Queer Av (2016)
• Interview: YouTuber and Content Creator Hannah Hart – The Queer Av (2015)

Books and Chapters

• I am Free (poem) – Bent Street 5.1 – Soft Borders, Hard Edges (2021)
• At Home in This Place (personal essay) – Bent Street 3 (2019)

Speaking / Oral Storytelling

• The Gender Binary and Beyond (panel) – The Wheeler Centre (2021)
  In conversation with fellow storytellers/writers Alison Evans (Ida, Highway Bodies, Euphoria Kids), Hayden Moon, and Nevo Zisin (Finding Nevo, The Pronoun Lowdown), we discussed our experiences of writing a new world into reality, and creating narratives and stories that will lead us to a future beyond the gender binary.
• Backstories – Centre for Stories (2021)
  I told a story of my journey coming to terms with who I am, and the year of physical, emotional and mental healing that was 2020 as part of Backstories Subiaco.

Professional Development

• Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Way with Emily Dash and Madeleine Stewart- LGBTIQ+ Health Australia and the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) (2023)
• Disrupt, Deconstruct, Decolonise with Rashida Murphy – Centre for Stories (2022)
• Queer YA Short Story Workshop with Seth Malacari – Centre for Stories (2022)
• Sisonke Msimang’s Art and Science of Oral Storytelling – Centre for Stories (2021)
• Spilling the T Collective – Transgender Victoria (2020)