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In this article, we want to explore the topic of pluralities – or plural selves, subpersonalities, parts, or whatever term you prefer to use. In our Western culture, the idea or ideal of a single self generally prevails, and having more than one self is often classified as a disorder – schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder. In other cultures, the idea of a single self seems absurd, and the plurality of selves is the most ‘normal’ thing. James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber write: “In the early days of psychology, the only real controversy was between two groups: one, made up of scientists and philosophers who believed that every human being possessed multiple selves, and the other, comprising leading clinicians—who were working on the development of the first theories of mental illness—who believed that different selves only appeared in their patient population.”

As part of my process of dealing with my complex trauma I have started making zines. These zines help me to work on different aspects of my trauma. In this sense they have a therapeutic function for me. My inspiration has been a text by Meg-John Barker in their blog about zines ("All About Zines"). Zines allow me to reflect on my process, and to share this specific part of my process with other people. However, my zines are still very personal and, after all, written mainly for myself.

I am a trainer with a focus on trans, non-binary and related identities, gender and gender justice, and trauma and self-care in activism. I am trained as a trainer in nonviolent conflict transformation, but I have also trained in queering identities, gender identity and sexual orientation, gender equality, and trauma and self-care issues. I have been doing trainings for 25 years, and have experience with trainings on a variety of topics in many countries, in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. My trainings are based on popular education principles and have a focus on small group work and the participants' own experiences. I do not believe in frontal format and long presentations. I mainly do in-person trainings in Spanish or English.

The Genderbread Person has been around for quite a while as a nice tool to explain gender, sex, and sexual orientation. This is my attempt to create version 6.0, which includes some improvements compared to version 4.0 and my own version 5.0.