To my Trans/Nonbinary Friends And Loved Ones…
We see you, we love you, we recognize you.
I’m skeptical many of you were big Trump fans 24hrs ago (pre-inauguration), but I can’t imagine how it feels to have any president of the United States tell your country you don’t exist, or that you don’t have a right to exist.
The danger is real, and it has arrived. The president just emboldened bigots who don’t need emboldening.
I used a cartoon gif because I don’t want to put any real people on MAGA’s radar, even people in stock photos.
The trans/nonbinary community are already the bravest people I know. Not because they want to be, but because merely being their authentic selves in the face of the small-minded means they have to be.
I’m not smart enough to have solutions. What am I supposed to suggest - “Be braver”?
A way forward will present itself. Not soon enough, but eventually.
In the meantime, please know we see you, we love you, we recognize you.