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Yenn shares a story about contending with their past.


Yenn Purkiss is an autistic and non-binary author, advocate, public speaker and community leader. They also have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. They are the author of nine published books on elements of autism and blog regularly. Yenn is a public speaker of almost 20 years’ experience and has presented at a range of events including for TEDx Canberra in 2013. Yenn facilitates an autism support group which has been running since 2011. They have a number of awards for their work including the 2016 ACT Volunteer of the Year and 2019 ACT Chief Minister’s Inclusion Award.


Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit www.queerstories.com.au and follow Queerstories on Facebook.


The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia.


To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter


And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow Maeve Marsden on Twitter and Instagram.

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