Thread by @rckylrnts

# of times I’ve been punched in the jaw since June 2020: 5.

#OT I’ve been pepper-sprayed: 1.

#OT this violence was at the hands of a cop: 0.

#OT this violence was at the hands of cis women: 1.

#OT someone’s told me they pray for my peace: countless.

#OT my mother has cries “she doesn’t know what to do” but won’t google a book to help: 5.

#OT I’ve been told my death would hurt the people left behind: countless.

#OT my assaulted literally turned around to then try to soothe me, or fuck me: 3.

#OT my assaulter was trans: 0.

#OT I’ve been told to carry a gun, that’ll stop everything: 5.

#OT I’ve been chastised by a former mentor not say I hate all cis people because that will scare future universities: 1.

#OT I wish I had a dragon to burn all of you: countless.

#OT I’ve stopped loving myself: 0.

#OT I was the hottest bitch in the room: countless.

#OT you wished you were half as well read as me: countless.

#OT you’ve read a poem it took an hour for me to write: countless

#OT you’ve started a rally in my honor: 0.

#OT I called someone transphobic and they didn’t erupt into immediate defense because they think of themselves as so good and bc they haven’t at least put a bullet in a trans person’s head yet: 0.

#OT a trans masc person, resisting their privilege, has called me transphobic: 3