GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

AMY CONEY BARRETT

With the election of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the LGBTQI+ community needs to be diligent about how we are affected by this. I'm researching more about her.

EARLY VOTING A HIT

I have two polling places near my home and the lines of folks waiting to cast their votes are something I haven't seen in years. This is a critical election and people are making their votes count. 

There have been a few glitches in the process but overall it has been good. With COVID affecting everything this way of voting is virgin territory for many. I cast my vote the other day.

VOTE!

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

Like many teens, I struggled with my body and looks, but my despair was amplified by the expectations of cisnormativity and the gender binary as well as the impossibly high beauty standards that I, and my female peers, measured myself against.

~Janet Mock  

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 Don't make a problem bigger than it really is.

~Genevieve

BLOODY YEAR

Thirty-three transgender people have been killed this year. These are those deaths reported. This is the bloodiest year for transgender people in the US. 

NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY

 

Be proud of who you are. How you choose to identify is your right and your choice. 

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

Faith is different from proof, the latter is human, the former is a gift from God.

~Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher (1623-1662)  

MONICA ROBERTS PASSES

 I was shocked to hear that TransGriot Creator Monica Roberts has passed. Don't have any further details.

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE YOUR INFLUENCE

Recently a friend of mine revealed that she is bisexual. I was surprised because I assumed (never assume) that she was straight. She shared that she never felt anything though she had inklings in the past. This is similar to my experience in that I never knew that I was trans. I never put on a woman's article as a child nor did I have that desire. Then she told me that I was an influence on her because I lived my reality openly. It allowed her to live an authentic life.

Some folks may believe that their lives aren't important or don't matter. You may be influencing someone and may not know it. Another person may be on the cusp of living authentically because you are actually doing it. I'm thankful for young people who are challenging gender norms and living as themselves. 

I am so happy for my friend. I want to meet with her and let her share her story. All of our journeys are different but unique. One never knows who may be watching. Perhaps you may have pulled someone over that last hurdle to authentic living.