The recent actions by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC) and the Texas LPC Board represent a disturbing turn in the mental health field. These bodies have chosen to align themselves with harmful, regressive ideologies that threaten the very communities we are committed to serving. Despite overwhelming opposition from mental health professionals, the board has opted to whitewash our professional standards and engage in a culture war.

The concept of masculinity refers to a social construct with some basis in human physiology. However, how we define what is masculine depends on several cultural and historical contexts.

I watch as those in power shamelessly parade themselves as the saviors of America while deepening the dystopian reality they’ve crafted.

Those who see you for what you are didn’t fall for it a hundred times before, and you won’t force us to now.

“As I prepare to travel to Houston today, I can't shake the feeling that I'm walking straight into a hornet's nest. I'm traveling alone as a brown-bodied woman through Texas—a state with a troubling history of police brutality—for a DEI award on a weekend marked by unrest. To top it off, I’ll be accepting the award in front of a room full of white bodies.