“The doctor will refuse to see you now”: Queer solidarity for adeno and endo pain

Words: Penny Newell // Paintings: Amber Smyth During the pandemic I was diagnosed with a condition called adenomyosis. I am a gender-nonconforming lesbian who suffers with debilitating period pain.  Early periods in my teenage years were always strangely painful. It was a pain that I saw but did not want to see as my own. …