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Ask the Guys of GAC: Dating

Welcome to the Guys of GAC Column, a place where you can ask these Beyond Type 1 ambassadors what it's like to manage Type 1 diabetes as a dude.

Dating – When to Introduce Type 1 to the Relationship

Dating someone new is always stressful, and even more so when you have Type 1 diabetes. True of both T1Ds and non-T1Ds, how much information to reveal at what time in the relationship is a tricky bala...

Dating and Diabetes

From here I had to slowly figure out the whole dating "thing." Between butterflies and firsts, I also had the additional challenge of navigating my diabetes and how it would apply to my roma...

High/Secondary School with Type 1 Diabetes

Welcome to High School! Whether you enter high school with T1D or are diagnosed along the way—it’s just rough. High school is challenging enough without the added physical and mental burden of a c...

Alexi Melvin

Global Ambassador Council

The RA’s Guide to Type 1 Diabetes

As an RN, here is everything you need to know about your resident with Type 1 diabetes and how you can be helpful to their success in college/university.

Sex, Drugs + Rock & Roll

Beyond Type 1 is here to address the taboo, the topics that were once thought to be "off limits" in terms of what they mean for Type 1 care. That's right — Sex, Drugs and Rock & R...

The Boyfriend/Girlfriend Guide to Caring for Someone with Type 1

...our customized guides for the different people in your life here! Congratulations! You’re dating someone amazing, funny, beautiful and strong, who also has Type 1. If you are...

Girl Talk with the GAC Ladies

The Girls of GAC talk body image and the role T1D plays.

Samantha & Ryan Talk Getting Married with T1D

Weddings are already incredibly stressful, and getting married when not one but both people involved have Type 1 diabetes can make things that much more difficult, but also that much more rewarding.

Single, Diabetic + Looking for Love

Just keep in my mind (when you're old enough to have sexual relations) that everyone and I mean everyone, will be curious. The number one question: "What the **** do you do with your pump?&...

RaeLynn: Everything but Insecure

When I started taking care of myself, I just felt so much better about myself and just better about having Type 1 diabetes in general.

A T1D Love Story

I’ll never forget the moment Ryan tested my blood sugar for the first time. It was early in our relationship; early enough that my stomach still did backflips whenever he called or texted; so early ...

Type 1 + Looking for Love

Of all the dating stories I have, the one where I eat Skittles off the bathroom floor of a Chicago bar is up there in entertainment value for listeners.