As I sit here laying on my couch sick I decided I would write my last article for the year. I have always said 2020 was the great unmasking and now that we have experienced this the unmasking will continue for years to come. Each of us have experienced challenges this year, most of us universally share. Most of us have lost friends and family due to either COVID or disagreements.
I am not going to utilize this article to answer any negative discourse. Honestly with my mom being sick with the potential of me having COVID I don’t have the mental energy. All I will say those who chose to engage in JK Rowling, shitlib media, and MAGA talking points your no ally of mine.
This year has been the deadliest for trans people, at least 50 trans people were murdered. Most of them that died were murdered by family members, a stranger, or even friends. Another key thing that most ignore is that there is a reason why trans deaths aren’t reported. It is because it would require everyone to be made aware. Right now people in power do not want us aware because they still want to hold some sense of power and control.
There is a reason also no one wants you to know about trans people being murdered it is because the ones who have lost their lives were POC and working class. Most of these trans people had no job, living on the streets because they were rejected from their families, had no healthcare, and couldn’t even get a job because of who they were. This often brings up the question how can anyone sleep at night particularly those who parade around that they are trans Allies but yet support a garbage person like Joe Biden?
You can’t sit there and say you support trans people when many can’t even transition because they have no healthcare. No trans person or anyone in the LGBTQ should take you seriously if you truly think the Biden Admin is doing anything for us.
The one thing that can help the trans community is by making a dent in the stigma. The stigma which I personally blame JK Rowling for is that trans people are seen as stalkers, mentally unwell, harassers, and are out to convert others. All we want is to be acknowledged as human.
Meanwhile, we also still haven’t gotten our 2K checks, the police are still killing POC, our planet is still on fire, the squad is still useless, Assange isn’t free and neither is Mumia, millions of people still don’t have healthcare, people are getting kicked out of their houses, the minimum wage is still the same, we still have student debt, we still are bombing countries, Yemen is still in crisis, Palestinians are still getting killed, and millions of voices are actively getting suppressed.
So what can we do? We need to educate people and be understanding. Yes we will have disagreements but one thing that I have learned is that the amount of time we spend nit picking at personality we could have accomplished many other things. This isn’t about personality it is about humanity.