Heading home for the holidays—or skipping them entirely? From boundaries and pocket scripts to escape plans and micro-joys, here’s your enby-centred guide to surviving the festive season without losing your sanity or your sparkle.

Chosen family isn’t a backup plan for non-binary people; it’s often a lifeline. This piece explores how enby communities build care, safety, and belonging beyond blood.

Coming out as non-binary to older family members can feel overwhelming, especially when language, culture, or beliefs don’t align. This guide offers compassionate talking points, scripts, and strategies to help you share your identity with care. Whether it goes well or not, you deserve to be seen, respected, and supported just as you are.

Coming out as non-binary isn’t a single milestone—it’s a lifelong, situational journey. In this personal essay, the editor reflects on what it means to come out again and again: to friends, family, in public, and most importantly, to yourself. It’s messy, powerful, exhausting—and deeply human.