
Sassafras Lowrey
Writer at Freelance
Author of fiction & nonfiction books about LGBTQ people and/or dogs 🐩 CPDT-KA 🏳️🌈🐶💖📚 🌈 ( they/them or ze/hir) 🖊️ freelance writer 📰
Articles
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1 week ago |
gomag.com | Sassafras Lowrey
There’s a picture of me at two years old, sitting on an ‘80s brown carpet wearing my grandfather’s auto body shop ballcap. I jokingly call it my “baby butch” photo. Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of positive masculine role models, but honestly, I didn’t have role models. I had a father I didn’t really know until I was an adult, an abusive alcoholic mother, and a stepfather who terrorized me.
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2 weeks ago |
kinship.com | Sassafras Lowrey
For many of us, dogs are the best part of social media. If I’m honest, they are the only reason worth staying online these days. But there can be a much darker side to our internet obsession — even the one that is all about our pets. Have you seen the new TikTok challenge where dog parents pretend to get kidnapped to see if their pups will save them or just keep on eating their treats instead?
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2 weeks ago |
akc.org | Sassafras Lowrey
lgbtq handler Diversity among dogs and people makes our dog sports community stronger. For Pride month, we spoke to LGBTQ+ identified competitors to talk about the inclusion in the dog world and why being able to be visible, out, and proud is important to them. Finding a Home in the Dog WorldAs a Junior Handler in the late 90s and early 2000s, I was worried about coming out to my conservative dog show family. Ultimately, when I did, I dealt with life-changing homophobia.
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2 weeks ago |
akc.org | Sassafras Lowrey
heat lgbtqia pride parade parade Pride parades and festivals can be fun, dog-friendly events. They can offer dog owners who want to celebrate a great way to spend time in the community with their dogs. Pride parades and festivals are often annual events that take place around the world to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Sassafras Lowrey
This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Even though I’m in my 40s, I never take having a safe and comfortable home for granted. As a teen, I ran away from my abusive mother’s excessively cluttered house, experienced homelessness, and moved into queer punk houses — all to find freedom.
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HAPPY PRIDE!!!! In my latest for @AptTherapy I dive deep into why filling my home with "glimmers" is a queer aesthetic rooted in unapologetic joy!!! #pride #lgbtq #queerlife https://t.co/cwDHUQ6hV8

my latest for the American Kennel Club https://t.co/F7Z6CKaO2Y

i've essentially left twitter - but very proud of this new article for GO https://t.co/tt5IEmY5mA