By Emma Muigai/El Inde Lizette Trujillo is a mom and activist in Tucson, who moderates a support group called Families Transformed. With a mission to create and support a network of families embracing their children’s gender nonconformity, Families Transformed provides a monthly meeting for parents of gender diverse children from Southern Arizona. Trujillo is a…
By Alexandra Pere/ El Inde When Gary Nabhan was growing up in the Indiana Dunes, Indiana, he remembered being sleepy in the middle of his class one day. Looking out the window, he studied the leaves of a tree nearby. Nabhan, who would later find out he is color blind, thought the leaves had odd…
By Briannon Wilfong/El Inde Walking on a college graduation stage wasn’t just important to me. It meant everything. It was more deeply rooted than just having to walk across a stage, dressed in your sweltering hot cap and gown with all your stoles and chords swinging from your shoulders while your family claps for you…
By Hayat AlQattan/Arizona Sonora News The kettle whistles on the stove, in a small white kitchen with white tile floors to match while Sumanpreet Dosanjh rushes around the kitchen, trying to make her dirty chai, pack her book bag, submit her latest assignment and eat breakfast simultaneously. She runs frantically around like she’s trying to…
