Skitter

horses running through a forest, filtered in blue.

We kiss after skittering around each other for years.

Struck by lightning, our lips scatter.

Crossed stars won’t keep us apart.

We steel ourselves to become magnets,

Pulling ourselves steadily back together.

Our lips stitch back together.

We stay.

Stubborn stones rooted in the ground.

Stealing sweet nothings no one wants us to exchange.

But we both know the exchange rate by heart, mind, and soul.

On Gender Equality in Media: A Trans Masc Perspective

I used to feel bad about how my casts basically turn into boy bands, but one of my other trans masc friends says that reading stories from a women’s POV ignites lots of dysphoria in him. And considering how much of my creative process is inhabiting my characters, it makes sense that I can’t inhabit characters that ignite my own dysphoria.

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Who Do You Love? Who Do You Hate?

parents, tell your kids right now whether or not you’ll support them if they’re trans, nonbinary, or trans nonbinary

don’t leave them wondering if you love them

and if you won’t support them, let them know that too

one in five trans people are homeless. i don’t want your kids to be one of them, but if being homeless is better than living with you, i want that to be their choice, not a fate you inflict upon them

if they learn soon enough, they might be able to learn how to lie and hide like i did

don’t leave them wondering if you hate them

make it loud and clear to your kids who you want and don’t want in this world, in your social circles, in your family

let them know who you love and hate