I fear saying anything that could minimize what you are feeling, or rambling aimlessly. so first and foremost I want to say, Kyle, that I hear you and I see you and love you, and I am frightened too. because things feel horribly retrograde now, and there’s no telling what empowered, scared bigots will do. but I do know that love always wins out over hate and fear. they think they picked an easy target but they don’t know that they can’t undo what’s been done. trans people exist and are our friends, families, communities. and we are not going to turn our backs on those we love. I have to think there are more people like me now than there were in the ‘90s, when I was naive and dumb, and couldn’t understand so much of what i now take to be common knowledge. we (allies) just need to summon a fraction of the courage you have.
I fear saying anything that could minimize what you are feeling, or rambling aimlessly. so first and foremost I want to say, Kyle, that I hear you and I see you and love you, and I am frightened too. because things feel horribly retrograde now, and there’s no telling what empowered, scared bigots will do. but I do know that love always wins out over hate and fear. they think they picked an easy target but they don’t know that they can’t undo what’s been done. trans people exist and are our friends, families, communities. and we are not going to turn our backs on those we love. I have to think there are more people like me now than there were in the ‘90s, when I was naive and dumb, and couldn’t understand so much of what i now take to be common knowledge. we (allies) just need to summon a fraction of the courage you have.
This is so sad. And real.