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 post-tags: trans, nonbinary

we live in a world that is putting so much effort into erasing trans people, so we limit ourselves. we live in a world where our lives are threatened, so we freeze in fear. we live in a world where we have to watch our siblings suffer and die, so we hang our heads in sorrow.

we live in a world where living as a trans person is met with hatred, so we live in black and white. we live in a world where our existence leads to violence, so we exist behind closed doors. we live in a world where being ourselves is punishable by death, so we are ourselves quietly.

the world. fucking. sucks.

but we need to remember that every breath we take is revolutionary that every day we survive spites our oppressors that every moment of joy is radical that simply existing as a trans person is an act of unbelievable bravery that our mere presence here matters that our lives have value.

all of this we need to remember so we can stay. so that maybe we get to see the day where the world welcomes us with open arms and protects us and values our presence, where the world meets us with love and respects us and celebrates our lives.

all of this we need to remember so we can hang on. so maybe one day we get to experience a world where we can take up space where we can blossom with confidence where we get to be at ease a world where we can live in full vibrant colour where we can exist openly and authentically where we can be ourselves out loud.

maybe we get to see freedom.