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Read MoreNo More Y's Dr. Young surveyed the jars,each one lit with a purplish-pinkish glow. It was important to replicate something like the womb. If not, then humanity will be over soon. All men were dead,nobody knew why they´d died or why...
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Read MoreWhile I was growing up I was raised to hate trans people. Because trans people are men trying to act like a woman women trying to act like men. that is what the movies and books say when one of the characters is transsexual. that is...
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Ashanti wrote a new post
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Dear Ashanti,
I am very touched by your poem, “R.I.P Selena Reyes-Hernandez”. This is the type of poem that hits different parts of me, I was raised the same way. I am not transgender but I am bisexual, I was always told that being a woman and liking a woman was wrong, that God only made men and women love each other. Not a woman with a woman or a man with a man.
The quote that stood out to me was, “I don’t want to be called ‘tranny’…” since it shows how she was treated when she came out. Where I am from, saying those slurs are considered okay but honestly it is very wrong. They usually say the f slur, the one used to target queers, as a way to call someone when they show affection to one of their friends. It is truly not okay.
Thank you for writing this. I look forward to seeing one of your poems. This really touched my heart and I hope that Selena is in a much better place, she didn’t deserve that. Thank you for telling her story.