Diverse Lived Experiences of the Menstrual Cycle

On the "Fix Your Period" podcast, trans and non-binary artist, activist, and sex educator Cass Clemmer discusses the viral photo of themselves free-bleeding, and their experience of menstruating.

This video provides a general overview of endometriosis and the menstrual cycle, focusing closely on the personal story of Noémie Elhadad.

Our Bodies Ourselves content expert Eva Marie Carney discusses menstrual poverty, her work with Indigenous students and communities, and the founding of The Kwek Society.

This article discusses trans women’s thoughts and feelings about periods, pregnancy, PMS, and more.

BK discusses her conversations with her mother and doctor about going on the birth control pill.

XY advocates for kindness toward ourselves -- and for more research on menstruation that centers women instead of profit and patriarchy.

CB discusses trying different medicines to treat her period to no avail. After a laparoscopic exam, she learned that she has stage four endometriosis.

AB describes how birth control made it easier to predict when her period would start.

MT describes how she coped with the heavy and painful periods she experienced growing up before being able to take birth control.

CB discusses the process of finding a treatment for her painful periods and heavy bleeding, until discovering that they were caused by fibroids and cysts.

CB shares her story of experiencing difficult menstrual cycles as a teenager.

This article reviews the research on how people who menstruate may experience PTSD symptoms differently throughout their cycles.