Sometimes being queer is about all those things; they are at the heart of our history and the root of our oppression. Sometimes being queer is about being cast out; sometimes it’s about casting ourselves out, walking or running away while we still can. Sometimes being queer is about being the monster, the one who corrupts, the one who devours.

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There is a grief in being trans. In constantly being asked to prove something, to prove the right to exist, to correct someone’s misgendering, to desire safety that isn’t promised. And yet, there is also so much light. In the way we shape shift, turn dust into glitter, and build kinship out of scraps. The flicker of recognition at the grocery store... See more

The only threat trans women pose is that the rest of us are faced with an insistence to look at where we are hiding. Where are you unwilling to see yourself fully? Where are you unwilling to shift into a butterfly? Where are you unwilling to be seen as you are meant to be?