TDOR: our safe spaces become violent
I want to remember my trans siblings today, but instead I have to witness from afar the same thing that always happens to us: violence, death, hatred.
I want to remember my trans siblings today, but instead I have to witness from afar the same thing that always happens to us: violence, death, hatred.
I want to be able to stand before my gods before I pass into the sunlit lands and not be ashamed of who I was. I want to leave the place better than I found it.
Doing the math of harm doesn’t mean that I get to disconnect myself from my choice once I’ve made it.
If you’re wondering if I have some sort of requirement to inject some Tolkien into almost everything I do, maybe that’s My Brand.
...no matter how long the night, the day will come. The light will return. There are always things to fear; and there is always hope.
What I could do, though, was witness it. So that someone was there and you weren’t alone.