April is Autism Awareness Month and as the mother of a child who is on the spectrum, my social media feed has recently been overrun with many perspectives about autism. The views range from what autism awareness means to why Autism Awareness Month either sucks or doesn't suck. There is, ...Continue

"Is this a joke? What is this, an episode of Undercover Boss?"Across the lunch counter from me, there stood a man in a crisp white collared shirt, his cell phone still pinned between his shoulder and his ear. Like most of our bakery guests, he arrived and left with his mobile device in hand,

I’m a queer, nonbinary (neither male nor female) transgender person. My experiences as such are an integral part of my life and identity. However, if I had been born in a different time or a different place, or even just had a different set of circumstances growing up, I might have identified as a

First things first: I, Poppa, freaks all the honeys…Wait, no. Pardon the Biggie moment. It was important for me to begin this with a solid “first things first” and I can’t not finish that statement that way. My apologies. Let’s begin again.FIRST THINGS FIRST: I am not the decider of the ...Continue

A few days ago, I got a tightly sealed envelope in the mail. Taped-up envelope inside taped-up envelope, I carefully sliced through the layers to get to the document within. Inside an old manilla envelope labeled "LOUISE M. HUNG" in English and "Precious Jade" in Chinese (my Chinese name given