Sheldon Gay

2025

In Community: The Voices of Social Justice Origin Stories / Project Updates

In Community Vol. 1: The Voices of Social Justice Origin Stories | 2024 + 2025

 No one gets to where they are by themselves, and this project would not exist without the collective wisdom of the storytellers who’ve shared their stories with us.

This is Volume 1 of “In Community”, a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. This annual series brings together the voices of storytellers whose stories were published in a given year.

Many thanks to the storytellers who have contributed to this project and have trusted me and this space with their sharing.

December 23, 2025
Personal Journeys

Humanizing Our Neurodivergence: Lessons of Love From The People’s Platypus with Sheldon Gay

Sheldon Gay shares his journey of late identification as gifted and neurodivergent, which fostered his commitment to humanizing Black, gifted, and otherwise neurodivergent experiences to promote acceptance and self-love. Through his podcast ‘I Must Be Bug’N,’ Sheldon aims to dismantle the pathology associated with labels and celebrate the strengths and challenges, what he terms “the ‘cape and the kryptonite” of neurodivergent people. 

Sheldon advocates for narrative change and more compassionate storytelling about neurodivergence, reminding listeners that labels don’t have to feel like pathology.

October 29, 2025