Personally, I honoured my fallen fellow trans activists the only way I know how: by educating myself in order to better educate others, so that maybe, someday, someone else will understand.Īnd when you understand, maybe, someday, you’ll remember me too. Instead, I’ve been busy laying the groundwork to empower those who have already been forgotten, even while they’re still alive. But truth be told, I’m tired of shouting into the wind. Because I’m scared too.įorgive me for not being more vocal. And with so few resources available to us, I understand why. Many trans residents of and visitors to our islands have come to me in hopes of receiving support. And it’s especially hard when it feels like you’re the only one. While I'm Still Here: Endangered Animals Speak Out Hardcover Cooper, Jodie A Published by Imagine & Wonder (2021) ISBN 10: 1953652867 ISBN 13: 9781953652867 New Hardcover Quantity: 20 Seller: booksXpress (Freehold, NJ, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. When, every day, you have to be cautious of any strange person you encounter, for fear of being assaulted if your make-up isn’t quite right or if your shoulders are too broad or if your voice sounds “funny.” When you have to keep your head down picking your child up from school to avoid embarrassing them in front of their classmates. When you have to dodge every disapproving gaze. When you have to remind people, endlessly, of which pronouns to use. To somehow find a way of convincing others, even those with the best of intentions, that your life is one that desperately needs fighting for, when no one seems to understand what you’ve gone through and continue to struggle with. A tale of two disasters: Missing Titanic sub captivates the world days after deadly migrant shipwreck A fishing boat crowded with migrants traveling from Libya to Italy sank last week.
I cannot express how difficult it is to be in a position where you have to make the case for your very existence. By Allison Hope Emily Lynen, 29, and Amber Lynen, 35, had every intention of having sex on. So did many other (still) happily married couples. They reassure me that they accept me and respect me as I am, in all of my womanhood.īut it is depressing how rare it is for someone to approach me and say, “I understand.” If you fell asleep on the big night, don’t worry. They will express their support for same-sex marriage and equality for all.
Often, others will cheer me on from a safe distance, or commend my bravery in private. I have been speaking out on issues surrounding our LGBT people for years now. Yet, on a day of such significance, I was silent. Me, the founder of my country’s first and only LGBT organisation. A day recognised the world over as a time to pay tribute to those murdered for identifying as transgender and pay special attention to the issues still facing this highly oppressed community. Yesterday, 20 November, was International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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