Finding the balance between militant direct action and tender love. Two things that are inherently deep inside me. Learning from elders and the youth consistently fills me with knowledge. Always listening to learn and sharing wisdom. Although my lineage has been lost, I hold the title of Two-Spirit close to my heart. Recently a DNA…
Charlie
I have found a lot of unexpected parallels in how I’m treated as a transgender man, as a young cancer patient, and as someone who is disfigured. For one, I am often called brave for existing. My life is applauded for what other people could not imagine doing themselves – as if I, funnily enough,…
E
My life thus far has been a process of learning who I am and where I come from. I came out as queer in college, after moving away from a transphobic and homophobic environment. I came out as trans and started hormones a couple years later. I did a lot of organizing around making sure…
Hector Pahaut
As a child and teenager, I often felt out of place, unfitting, lonely, wrong, and left behind. For many years I sought where I belong. Slowly now I begin to understand that belonging isn’t found but made. These days, I play around with creating my own sense of purpose and meaning. The people who get…
Femmebear aka Leah Ann Mitchell
I am so many things, TransFemmebear is just one facet of me. Trans woman / woman / Femmebear Pronouns : She/Her Age : 31 Location : Oakland
Jane Marie
I’m an animist and a down-to-earth mystic. I see the world as both beautiful and alive and full of suffering. I think suffering gives grace meaning and I revere it; this makes me an outlier as far as this culture goes. James Baldwin was talking about being an artist and an outsider when he said…