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	<title>Autostraddle &#187; mental health</title>
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		<title>Transitioning While Genderqueer (Despite the Standards of Care)</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/transitioning-while-genderqueer-despite-the-standards-of-care-175046/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[genderqueer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans*scribe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["It would have been nice to share my entire truth with her, but because of the Standards of Care, I didn't; I feared my story would be seen as diverging from the typical trans* narrative too much."]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>Team Pick: Hyperbole and a Half is Backish!</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/team-pick-hyperbole-and-a-half-is-backish-176101/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/team-pick-hyperbole-and-a-half-is-backish-176101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kristen's Team Pick. And I'm not even exaggerating.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#039;s Not Okay: Intimate Partner Violence in Radical Queer Spaces</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/its-not-okay-on-acknowledging-intimate-partner-violence-in-radical-queer-spaces-175791/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/its-not-okay-on-acknowledging-intimate-partner-violence-in-radical-queer-spaces-175791/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health + Athletics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["She acts like she's such a victim when obviously there was abuse on both sides." Awkwardly, I shrug my shoulders and look around the room. My partner doesn't notice how uncomfortable she's making me because she's caught up in her own conjectures: "It's like how we are sometimes."]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>I Don&#039;t Have An Expiration Date and Neither Do You: How I Learned to Have the Best Day Ever</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/i-dont-have-an-expiration-date-and-neither-do-you-how-i-learned-to-have-the-best-day-ever-174086/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/i-dont-have-an-expiration-date-and-neither-do-you-how-i-learned-to-have-the-best-day-ever-174086/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women of color]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though I lived my life truly believing I had an expiration date, I made the decision that I deserved one last day that would be the best day of my life. I figured I owed it to myself.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>113</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trans and Schizophrenic: When Diagnosis Impacts Transition</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/trans-and-schizophrenic-171487/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/trans-and-schizophrenic-171487/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Ashkenas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans*scribe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=171487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If he had read my medical records he would have known that my first psychotic break was exacerbated by my fear that I would never be recognized as a woman.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rush Limbaugh Has Lesbians All Figured Out</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/rush-limbaugh-has-lesbians-all-figured-out-170398/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/rush-limbaugh-has-lesbians-all-figured-out-170398/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>intern veronica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adventures in hypocrisy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesbian health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't bother funding research studies! Everyone's favorite blowhard has your answers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dust to Dark: The Colors of My Craziness</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/dust-to-dark-the-colors-of-my-craziness-155582/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/dust-to-dark-the-colors-of-my-craziness-155582/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mizhana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[substance addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women of color]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["It's on my twenty-fourth birthday that I realize something is wrong. I wake up crying and I don't stop."]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>66</slash:comments>
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		<title>You Need Help: After Sexual Assault</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/you-need-help-after-sexual-assault-151258/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/you-need-help-after-sexual-assault-151258/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["How do I deal with an assault that wasn’t rape? How can I keep from feeling like my assault is being minimized?"]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>DIY Self-Care: Make-It-Better Box</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/diy-self-care-make-it-better-box-147260/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/diy-self-care-make-it-better-box-147260/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIY Culture/Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=147260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're dealing with all the bullies that life throws at us, including a hurricane named Sandy, here's a project that might help.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Formspring Friday Waited Up For You</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/formspring-friday-waited-up-for-you-148288/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/formspring-friday-waited-up-for-you-148288/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laneia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you're ready to answer some questions! We've got location anxiety, general anxiety, feelings about age differences, and should you be offended when someone says you look gay? ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.autostraddle.com/formspring-friday-waited-up-for-you-148288/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>64</slash:comments>
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		<title>Playlist: When You&#039;re Feeling Helpless</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/playlist-when-youre-feeling-helpless-148190/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/playlist-when-youre-feeling-helpless-148190/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hansen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[azure ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fleetwood mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lists/Top 10s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the beatles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mountain Goats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=148190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now, what I want is to be in a dark room with my headphones and closed eyes. This is what I'll be listening to.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.autostraddle.com/playlist-when-youre-feeling-helpless-148190/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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		<title>You Are Not Alone: On Being A Queer Survivor</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/on-being-a-queer-survivor-144496/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/on-being-a-queer-survivor-144496/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greatest hits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in the life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I called it sexual assault at first. Sexual assault seemed less damning, less permanent."]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>150</slash:comments>
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