Trauma is tough, yโall. It follows you everywhere & can be relentless. If youโre fighting, know that I see you & believe in you. Go forward gently & with love, dear friend.
Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. May you always live mรกs.
When someone takes the lead, others will follow. When you go forward in good faith to include with kindness, others will see that. Just like how one good deed can start a chain reaction. What little thing could make someone feel more included? For me it was a cap & gown. (11/11)
when i came out as trans in senior year of HS, I sent an email to all my former & current teachers as well as the administrators to let them know of my name change & pronouns. (this was over 10 years ago). The vice principal emailed me, asking me to visit his office. (1/?)
breaking news: just because you want something, doesn't mean you'll get it. *cough @ all the arrogant men that come in to the shop asking for something we CLEARLY don't offer cough*