A Whole Lotty Love

          Hey readers. Hope you're all well 💖      Today's post is going to focus on my experience in engaging with an online workshop about gender (hosted by an LGBTQ+ centre based in the United States.)       I happened upon this workshop when I was scrolling through Eventbrite events about health. When signing up for the workshop, I expected to view a live stream but I was actually part of a zoom call (and was sadly the only person outside of the hosting organisations to attend). Despite not being what I expected; I definitely came away from the workshop having learned a lot which I've broken up into catergories to summarise here.      What I have learnt has from conversations with queer & trans folk so hopefully what I'm going to share will be appropriate, as I myself cannot speak to the trans experience as a cis-woman but can only share the knowledge that I have been given. What is the difference between Trans and Cis gender? Transgender refers to an individu

     Hi! I'm Lotty!      I'm a 20yr old cisgender woman from Cornwall studying for a Psychology degree in South Wales. It doesn't sound like much but I'll make it interesting.      I consider myself to be a sex education NERD and a hardcore feminist. Acting upon this, I have been volunteering with women's charities since the new year and since the U.K corona virus lockdown I have begun to create a little page on Instagram under the same name of this blog ("awholelottylove"). That little Instagram page has received wonderful feedback from some of my closest friends and I have been so grateful to have a focus for my energy whilst I'm not working in my lil' coffee shop at the moment and its the summer holidays.      However, there is only so much that can be spoken about through an Instagram page. This blog will serve as discussion platform for my Instagram page and for me to really get my hands deep into the topics I talk about.      I mu