Signal to Noise
Sometimes when I talk, I can hear Sarah’s voice coming through that rough baritone, and she’s so soft spoken and sweet that I just want to hear more of her.
Down Home Sodom
So many Americans have had it so good for so long at the cost of so many people they’ll never know or care to know, that the idea of not having everything they want their way every time and on time becomes a form of oppression to them. It’s not about civil rights, it’s not about human rights, it is literally about “restaurant use bad rainbow” bullshit, and it should make people ashamed. It should make them ashamed to see…
Pride Month 2023
Why does Pride matter? Why do we get a month? What was it all about? I’ve posted an article from People Magazine below to give a brief rundown for the oft-asked questions. June is Pride Month, and though the LGBTQ+ community continues to face an uphill battle — the ACLU reports there are currently 491 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being floated around the U.S. — there is still much to celebrate. According to the Library of Congress, the month recognizes…
Pinned
I was out and about paying a few bills today, and when I was in the customer service line at our local grocery store, I saw a woman behind the counter wearing a rainbow pin that said “love will always win,” and a little pin next to it listing her pronouns as “She/They” and I just wanted to cry. I wanted to cry because sometimes I don’t realize just how much pressure there truly is pushing down on us, and…
The 2024 Election Brigade Cometh
Sometimes, people ask me why I’m not a Democrat. Some folks say that by not choosing to fully support Democrats I’m letting democracy be dismantled, but the truth is that democracy has long since been dismantled. Republicans and Democrats are two sides of the same coin: capitalism. They both support a capitalist system that requires exploitation to function (this is what I mean when I say both are the same. Obviously they differ in ways, but in purpose they are…
Just Me
You want to know one of my failings? I’m eager to please, and so I have to fight myself to tell someone what I really think because I’d rather make them feel happy and comfortable. I need to be loved, and when you’re a trans, pan, communist, that need can be at odds with reality. So I try to tread as lightly as I can, don’t want to make anyone feel left out, don’t want anyone to feel like they…
Transgender Day of Visibility 2023
Today is the Transgender Day of Visibility. If you have some trans friends in your life, take a moment to tell them that you care about them, and that they’re not alone.To all of my trans sisters, brothers, and enbies, you are not alone, I love you, and I will continue to do what I can to protect all of us. *hugs*
Strays
The birds,The bees,The mountains, the Moon,The deep, cold seas.
Foreign Policy
The United States takes no breath as it kills mercilessly, tromping around the globe in gore covered boots, and a smoking gun in its bloody hands. It rifles through the pockets of the dead for their resources, and then thumps its chest in anger at the shocked faces staring back.
Cassandra
When people purposely misunderstand me, misconstrue what I say, take my words and twist them into something I didn’t say and don’t believe, I will literally double over in pain. I can go from calm and level headed to very angry and frustrated, and it’s not intentional, it’s my fight or flight response kicking in, because I am absolutely, 100%, without question, unequivocably terrified of being misunderstood and labeled something I’m not, and that I will then be judged on…