I was already running on fumes keeping up with this anti trans legislative assault and then I got bomb threat emailed to me on Tuesday aimed at a school district.
I can't sleep, I'm having panic attacks. My seasonal depression is back.
I'm going to take a break for a bit.
I can't sleep, I'm having panic attacks. My seasonal depression is back.
I'm going to take a break for a bit.
In the past year, my family and I have been doxed, harassed, and threatened. I have been sent pictures of trans people being hanged. Every trans person I know has been endlessly libeled as "threats to children, pedophiles, and groomers."
All of this dehumanizing rhetoric aimed at trans folks and seeing the toll its taking is eating away at my soul.
We just want to live our lives without our existence being debated like it's game. We are real people's lives being debated without our input.
We just want to live our lives without our existence being debated like it's game. We are real people's lives being debated without our input.
I've had days where I'm start crying in my office after work because I've been told a trans kid attempted to take their own life or a trans person in crisis is reaching out for help. I thought I could handle all of this but I'm completely burnt out.
I saw the worst ghouls on this planet openly celebrating the murder of a trans girl and using it as another chance to further exact harm on our community in a moment of grief. It's just another notch on their belt in their quest to gain clout built on hate.
When we even raise a tiny modicum of concern with how the media is handling the coverage war on trans people, they insist on doubling down and instead punishing those speaking up against it. They are not remaining neutral, they are siding with the oppressors.
The greatest insult is that we are branded as "activists" solely for pleading with people to see us as human as a means of dehumanizing and delegitamizing us even further. We're told that, by virtue of our identity, we are inherently biased. It's another forum of bigotry.
The hardest part is knowing that people look to me as a leader in the community. I'm supposed to work to give hope and motivate folks to fight back but the truth of it is for the past few weeks I have a hard time even being able to get out of bed in the morning.
I'm going to take a few days to recharge and figure a few things out. Every day has felt more traumatic than the last. This isn't sustainable for me at the moment no matter how much I've tried to build resilience and limit my time exposed to all of this.
To trans folks, we'll get through this. We've been through so much worse before but we also have to take care of ourselves.
To cis folks. Do something. I'm begging you to stand up and fight for what's right. We can't do this on our own and staying silent is letting evil win.
To cis folks. Do something. I'm begging you to stand up and fight for what's right. We can't do this on our own and staying silent is letting evil win.
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