This week on The B-Side, hosts Marie, Bridget, and Ares sit down with Sky — a proud bi+ and nonbinary advocate — to explore the powerful intersection between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), sexuality, and gender identity. Together, they unpack how OCD can weaponise doubt, how compulsory heteronormativity complicates self-understanding, and why so many bi+, pan, and nonbinary people are overlooked in both queer and mental-health spaces.

From Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD) to Gender Identity OCD, Sky shares their lived experience of learning to live with uncertainty and rebuild self-trust. Through open conversation, the team discusses the importance of language, the danger of misdiagnosis, and the courage it takes to find authenticity in a world that demands certainty.

Key takeaway: Being bi+, pan, or nonbinary with OCD isn’t a contradiction — it’s complexity. When we make space for uncertainty, we make space for authenticity.