Twitter this weekend has me in so many thoughts and feelings. Part of resisting patriarchy is also resisting and interrogating homophobia and transphobia. #TransIsBeautiful. If you are attracted to trans folks, that's beautiful. No need to be ashamed of it or shame others for it Cis men if someone thinks you're gay because you may have something feminine about you (and folks still conflate sexual orientation and gender expression) embrace it especially if you're an artist. We artists cannot be in a space where we are censoring our expression because

We must not give up the fight. But in the face of this affront on my existence and the existence of my community I choose love not fear. We exist and always have.

Trump Administration Eyes Defining Transgender Out of Existence nyti.ms/2R9W1jB In indigenous cultures all over the world gender existed beyond the binary and folks who we would call trans today held sacred places in those cultures. Western colonialism drove those trans folks to the margins but we have always been here. Marginalizing trans folks is another