It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers.
From the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, the first trans advocacy group in the United States, to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, to the Stonewall uprising, to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, to ACT UP!, founded in 1987 as queer people fought for their lives while the Reagan administration looked away, New York City's history has long been shaped by queer and trans New Yorkers.
To all our queer and trans neighbors: you deserve a City where you can afford to live safely, openly, and joyfully.
Happy Pride, New York City.
y’all genuinely have to lock in this year no discourse no ironic homophobia no dumb shit we gotta uplift the community and especially trans people right now
being transgender in the united states is very scary rn… hoping all my trans brothers sisters and siblings in the states are going to stay safe and okay.
This is exactly what fucks me up. ''Born so late and die so young'' perfectly captures the feeling. Hence why I cried and sobbed among my friends after finding out the news.
I so deeply in my core relate to ''not having lived'' until I started taking HRT. After starting, I finally, for the first time felt like I was ''alive.'' This body, this feeling, was mine and I was finally here. I'm sure most trans people know what I mean, I would do anything to get those years I lost back but there is nothing I can do about it.
In a way I think this feeling transcends being trans, the idea of having wasted so many years, a portion of your life and just living on auto pilot until one day you finally start being your genuine self is a feeling I'm sure many cis people can relate to as well for many different reasons.
This idea of being stuck in life, feeling like not moving forward for reasons that might be within or outside your control is also a topic that is constantly explored in media. The whole plot of ''Breaking Bad'' revolves around this concept, where Walter following his cancer diagnosis, for better or worse, decides to take the wheels of his own life and feels ''awake'' for the first time as if something inside him woke up. Even though he loses almost everything in the process he still does it and acknowledges it all in the finale saying he did it because it made him feel alive.
Whether you are cis, trans, gay, depressed, sad, scared or simply at a point at your life where you feel lost. Just know that there is an amazing potential within you waiting to be discovered by other equally amazing people. Make sure you are seen.
Idk, Ig I wanted to ramble a bit, ty for reading. 💖
i’ve been thinking of what could even be said about such a tragedy. someone said it best that trans people are “born so late and die so young”. we uproot our lives and transition and live more life than anyone else ever does and society punishes us for it. we deserve better
A racist Podcaster dies and the entire US goes into mourning, a trans person gets stabbed and no media outlets will even cover it, just a disgusting fucking country
It’s time to be loud as fuck. Pride month starts now, goddamnit. Raise those flags HIGH and KEEP THE PARTY GOING. I’m radically pro-transgender AF and proud
today should be used as a reminder that we are actively being legislated out of public life by state legislators across the entire country. we are not simply going to go away if these are passed, all these bills do is enact a sick cruelty to those who simply want to be themselves
Today is Trans Day of Visibility.
Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here — from the hijra of India to the Diné nádleehi to the leaders who built the modern LGBTQIA+ movement here in New York.
Your existence is not up for debate. Your lives are not a political issue.
We’re fighting for a city where every trans New Yorker can live openly, safely, and with joy.