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Nonbinary Notebook: A Starting Place

I am 45 years old. A first-generation immigrant. A person with chronic and sometimes disabling illnesses. I am non-binary gender and queer.

8 min readAug 13, 2022

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Nonbinary Notebook: A Starting Place

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JY Bartlett

What you’re really saying when you don’t use someone’s pronouns

The isolation of the pandemic has had few blessings for me. It’s been an earthquake, causing upheaval as the opposing needs of connection…

11 min readOct 2, 2022

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JY Bartlett

Nonbinary Notebook: Finding the perfect nonbinary name

Names are funny, yet important things. They signify so much.

4 min readSep 18, 2022

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Nonbinary Notebook: Finding the perfect nonbinary name

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Nonbinary Notebook: How did you tell people you’re trans?

There’s no one right way to let the people in your life you’re transgender.

8 min readAug 26, 2022

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Nonbinary Notebook: How did you tell people you’re trans?

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JY Bartlett

The power in creating the boxes for yourself that fit you

Labels and boxes are funny things. Some people find comfort in knowing where they stand and where they fit. Others resist having…

4 min readJul 29, 2022

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The power in creating the boxes for yourself that fit you

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JY Bartlett

Questioning your conditioning: what you’ve been taught about yourself might not be true

When I was a teenager, I had a bumper sticker on the back of my first car, a Honda Accord hatchback, that said: Question Authority

5 min readJun 9, 2022

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Allow parts of yourself to lay fallow until their season comes again

Not everything grows all the time. Sunflowers don’t grow in Oregon winters. And oranges don’t ripen in Florida until there’s a cold snap…

3 min readApr 25, 2022

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Allow parts of yourself to lay fallow until their season comes again

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JY Bartlett

Being enough on the special days of the year

As a child, I remember believing there were two days of the year I was guaranteed to cry: Christmas and my birthday.

3 min readFeb 22, 2022

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Being enough on the special days of the year

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JY Bartlett

Cultivating Gratitude for a Happier, Healthier Life

Gratitude is good for you.

5 min readJan 4, 2022

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Cultivating Gratitude for a Happier, Healthier Life

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JY Bartlett

How do you know what you’re feeling?

How are you feeling right now? Can you name it?

4 min readDec 6, 2021

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How do you know what you’re feeling?

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JY Bartlett

JY Bartlett

Pronouns: they/them. Award-winning writer, author and teacher on overcoming adversity and learning to trust yourself. www.jybartlett.com

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