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COMMENT: When I found out I was pregnant at age 24, there was no decision to make. But even if it felt inconsequential at the time, I don’t take for granted that I had a choice.
"I guess, in a way, it is a most extreme case of 'Puppy Love'."
Seven-year-old schoolgirl Maddi loves dancing, the colour pink and wearing dresses. But only a year ago Maddi was known to her friends and family as ‘Maddokk’. She was born a boy.
I’ve worked nonstop since I was a teenager. Now, at 50, I’m hitting pause. It feels scary but necessary.
Better to have a loved one transition than to not have them at all, writes Karen Hewitt.
"If I could go back and ask a few questions with the knowledge and experience I have now as a 21 year old, this is what I would ask," writes contributor Jasmine Higgins.
“You have to go to the toilet in front of people, you have to shower in front of people, there’s no privacy, none at all.”
Keni Vukici pulled a man from a fiery car after a crash on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Being in a crisis "is good for me", he says.
In a quest to understand the pros and cons of social isolation, Agustin Chevez set out to walk from Melbourne to Sydney, spending 42 days alone.
Former professional tennis and golf player Scott Draper opens up on his struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder. Although he no longer does these time consuming rituals, he says still occasionally feels the urge to revert to his old ways.
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