Gail M (she/her)

Gail M (she/her)

Host - Full Mutuality

Gail is a former minister, writer, and photographer. Mother of two, big sister to many and lover of warm weather, beaches and watching videos of cats causing mischief.

She is also the voice behind the majority of Full Mutuality's written content on Facebook and Wordpress. Her passions include critiquing the foster care system she came out of, learning about spiritual abuse, deconstructing white evangelical culture, laughing through the pain and absurdity of it all and providing space for those who were marginalized to tell their stories. 

Gail is a Québécoise-Canadian, who enjoys swearing in French while eating poutine and watching her favorite hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens. She is a faux extrovert, enneagram 8w9, INFJ. She identifies as a cishet, neurodivergent, woman.


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