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This poem is intended for an 18+ audience. It contains strong language that is uncensored which may not be suitable for younger readers. Reader discretion is advised.
FUCK THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
Loudly advocate for transgender rights.I came to the LGBT party late
I’m a member, an ally, an advocate
Can’t believe the transphobic news
Proud Boys Trumpeting unhelpful views.I reflect on my stance on the Trans debate.
Firmly on the other side to hate.
Trans people are people brave enough to connect,
To parts of themselves others make them reject.
Its not just people on telly like Ru Paul,
Or drag queens on Canal Street’s pub crawl.
Trans people could be your kids, or their friends at school.
Trans people should feel safe at public swimming pools
At Sparkle the guy at the end of the bar,
Stops you at Pride and she’s Zsa Zsa!
Sometimes you’ll pass* and sometimes you won’t.
Sometimes you do and sometimes you don’t.
And in any setting, it would cause distress,
To call out a transwoman as a man in a dress.
So do not fucking do it, be kind.
Let peoples’ gender and identity align.
Afraid you might be let go of at work?
Is the Micro aggression a joke or a smirk,
An invalidation or active threat?
Were you attacked by someone you have never met?
Outed to friends and family?
Encounter endless hostility?
Wanting the freedom to be,
Free to say, “This is really me!”
Pronouns and toilets are taken as read
Hate crime and community members dead
Hearing stories of estrangement first hand.
Alone for surgery in a foreign land.
This massive personal rebrand,
Something your parents (BOOM) cannot understand.
She said, “I don’t need to tell you I’m six foot two
She/her pronouns nor gender too
For me all these things are true,
I don’t need to justify my existence to you”.
He said “Why can’t you see me as I am?
The dating app clearly lists me as a transman!
Not a man plus plus to fetishize.
Your opening platitudes were just lies”.
Who do I play with who do I fuck?
“Or try HRT first for a couple of years?”
Depression high, and motivation waning.
So far to go with voice training.
“Hate the way I sound and look”,
In this body “feeling stuck”.
Experience gender and body dysphoria
Then “HE” makes the Executive Order
And wonders why I suffer a mood disorder.Let trans people get on with their lives.
Students, creatives, partners, wives …
Treat all people with the respect they deserve
Relaxing their poly vagal nerves.Cos trans people are people. Fact!
Be a LGBT ally, and act.
When the world becomes more dangerous over night
Loudly advocate for transgender rights.