writing

 

Books & Chapters

Taylor, T. & Thawer, R. (2017). Did Toronto Get Queer?  In Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer (pp. 76-77). Toronto, ON: Coach House Books.🖋️

Thawer, R. (2017). Cardio-Highs: Winning and Running Away All at Once. In Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer (pp. 76-77). Toronto, ON: Coach House Books. 🖋️

Thawer, R. (2025). The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys: Skills to Cope and Thrive as Your Authentic Self. Publisher: New Harbinger Publications. [Pre-Order]

Thawer, R. & Khan, M. - Co-editors (n.d.). LGBTQ+ Muslim Stories of Madness, Love, Resistance, & Care. Publisher: University of Regina Press. [In Progress]

Thawer, R (n.d.). The Politicized Practitioner. Publisher: Blue Cactus Press. [In Progress]

Thawer, R. (n.d.). Seeking: Stories from a Gay Therapist Making Sense of Connection and Relationships. Publisher: Thornapple Press. [In Progress]

ARTICLES & ESSAYS

Thawer, R. (2024, October 4). My partner wants me to bottom, and I’m not sure I can. Let’s talk. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2024, September 27). Applying the four statuses of identity formation theory to queer Muslims. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2024, September 22). Am I an empath? Revisiting boundaries in our personal and professional lives. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2024, August). Grieving non-death losses. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2024, March 4). A Case for Developing Emotional Hygiene Practices with Dating and Hook-up Apps. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2024, March 4). Interview: What is sex therapy? Medium.

Thawer, R. (2023, December 16). Object Relations Theory and Therapy for the Disillusioned Nationalist. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2023, December 13). The holiday greeting your company won’t ever send. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2023, August 3). I support queer and trans youth, but their parents make me anxious! Closing the gap in our service approach. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2023, August 1). On Being a Politicized Practitioner. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2023, February 6). Cultural Safety & Countertransference: Working in Communities You Belong To. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2023, January 16). Supporting family members when queer & trans Muslims come out. Medium.

Thawer, R (2022, July 8). Pandemic Bodies Meet Pride Diets. Momotaro Apotheca.

Thawer, R. (2022, June 9). The Matrix of Envy in Our Social and Sexual Lives. Medium.

‌Thawer, R. ( 2022). Part Three - Processing Shame. Sexuality and the Imprint of Shame: What Queer Guys (and Their Therapists) Need to Know. Medium.

Thawer, R. ( 2022). Part Two - Defenses Against Shame. Sexuality and the Imprint of Shame: What Queer Guys (and Their Therapists) Need to Know. Medium.

Thawer, R. ( 2022). Part One - Understanding Shame. Sexuality and the Imprint of Shame: What Queer Guys (and Their Therapists) Need to Know. Medium.

Thawer, R. & Nelson, K. (2022). How to be culturally competent when supporting LGBTQ Muslims [Edited for length]. Designers Against AIDS.

Thawer, R. ( 2022). How to be culturally competent when supporting LGBTQ Muslims [Original]. Medium.

Thawer, R. (2020). Fear & Fluid(ity), Part III - Confronting Our Fears:  How a Fear of Bodily Fluids Affects Interpersonal Fluidity & our Communities. Spectrum Journal. 

Thawer, R. (2020). Fear & Fluid(ity), Part II - Gender Fluidity: How a Fear of Bodily Fluids Spills Over Into Fear of Gender Fluidity. Spectrum Journal. 

Thawer, R. (2020). Fear & Fluid(ity), Part I - Bodily Fluids: How Social Discourse Causes us to Fear and Contain Bodily Fluid. Spectrum Journal. 

Thawer, R. (2017). Defending Uncritical Art Has Consequences. Marvellous Grounds: Bodies as Archives: QTBIPOC Art and Performance in Toronto, (Issue 2). 

Thawer, R. (2016). Phobias, Mental Health and Pride: a QPOC Perspective. Rabble.ca. 

Thawer, R. (2013). Self-Reflection Workout: Stress and Ab-spectations. OurAgenda.ca Blog: GMSH. 

Thawer, R. (2012). Contents Under Pressure: A Queer Muslim Unsilenced. The Ethnic Aisle. 

Proposed Projects

2026-2028

Thawer, R. (nd). Sexualized Substance Use and Queer Men: A Sex Therapist’s Guide. Publisher: [TBD].

Thawer, R. (nd). The Guidebook to LGBTQ Muslim Mental Health. Publisher: [TBD].

Thawer, R. (nd). Understanding Love: A Guide for Muslim Families and Their LGBTQ+ Loved Ones. Publisher: [TBD].

Thawer, R. (nd). Contours of the Clinician: Essays on Queer Identity and Cultural Confrontation. Publisher: [TBD].