Oakley’s Bio!
Below the cut is Oakley’s bio!
Oakley grew up in a small, happy family. She was always encouraged to explore the world around her and the people around her. Her parents were always accepting of all her interests and when she began to want to explore social justice, psychology, and her own identity they did everything they could to support her. Her mother works at a Youth Services Center where she focuses on programs and making sure youth in need have access to programs and support, such as extra curricular activities, group therapy, employment help, etc. Her father is a large animal vet and travels a lot to various farms, rescues, and sanctuaries for farm animals. Between her two parents and their care of people and animals it was inevitable that she would have opinions and ideas about issues around her.
In her second year of university, she met August in one of her English classes. He was taking it as an elective and they hit it off. At that point she had already begun to use She/They pronouns. After getting to know each other for a few months they started to date. They dated for 4 years before she started to realize that her sexuality may be different than what she initially believed. She had been learning more about the LGBTQ+ community and identities she realized she was grey-asexual and accepted that. August was supportive and did his best, but didn’t quite understand what that meant. As time went on Oakley got more into the LGBTQ+ community and activism, realizing that she was also grey-romantic. In her need to rediscover herself and her identity she ended her relationship with August, but they remain close friends and in a supportive queerplatonic relationship.
She is currently working in a feminist and inclusive bookstore while also figuring out how she wants to be an activist and what that looks like for her. She loves to be outside and with animals. She volunteers at an animal shelter and at sanctuaries when she has the time.