Category: citizen trans* {project}
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There I sat, On throne of decay, In castle of rot. My subjects stood before me, Epizootic gripped their shells, Fear, their hearts. They waited for me to say something, anything, To lessen their fear, Their pain. So I spoke. “I have lived since the seas spindled into waves, Since the first of us learned…
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You thumbed through the news as you waited for waffles to microwave. It was January 21st, 2025. You read that President Trump signed an executive action to recognize two sexes: Male and Female. The microwave rang three times. You read the executive action will require documentation to include birth sex, not gender. Last month, you…
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knowing it’s not safe i grew my hair back out to get here not knowing how to take a train alone with military time and until now not knowing that fog is water whether or not the train is on time i think he’s tap dancing a seagull luring worms who wiggled their ways home…
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Consistent with the military mission and longstanding DoD policy, expressing a false “gender identity” divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service. Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful,…
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Uber rides have become a roll of six-sided dice. It’s as likely to roll a natural 20 as it is to have a normal driver. Some rides, you get quiet old men in faded baseball caps just trying to supplement their social security – uneventful, safe rides. Other rides, you get young guys who like…
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she hasn’t been here in a while. she thinks it might have snowed last week, but time doesn’t really make sense anymore and whatever snow was there melted anyhow. the only sign is the odd patch of freeze, crunching underfoot. she’s marching, a little soldier girl, marching forward with head tucked down. her spine’s gonna…
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You wish to squash our dreaming Dull the shine Shove the butterfly back into the cocoon, chase the chick back in the egg and the Crocus back into the cracked and frozen earth throw white paint on the print of the most beautiful sunrise Drone out freedom songs, joy ditties, love ballads, peace symphonies Tie…
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You call me she They look around confused Looking for her You call me he They look around confused Have they met him before? Will you be mad to know You’ll always assume wrong? Will you feel lied to? Should I be afraid? If masculinity is armor Why do I feel less safe? You wouldn’t…
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Is it so wrong to live as myself? To breathe without regret To love without threat. Why? It is your own shortsightedness that is to blame, That your frame of mind is one of resolve in pursuit of a false righteousness. If empathy is such a stress If it causes you duress, To see a…
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Transition now. Or later. transition while you’re alive and free. thousand born today – cousins: Transition now forever!