GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.

~Plato

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable, and imperfect.

~Brene Brown  

2021 FCS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS

Congratulations to the Bearkats of Sam Houston State University

 

LEARNED SOMETHING NEW

I didn't know that May 17th is International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and  Biphobia.

COMMENTARY

There are people who don't want trans youth to participate in school sports. This is specifically trans girls. I've heard nothing regarding trans men. I listen to the way opponents frame the subject. They refer to tans girls as biological males. Aren't trans men biological females? What's the point?

What I definitely see is that many folks still haven't a clue about who trans people are and what we are about. The lockdown didn't help matters any as many trans people have been isolated from the people and activities they enjoy. Keeping them from participating in school sports only adds to that isolation.

I'm happy that parents of trans children are speaking up in support of their trans child(ren). Children have even testified to legislators. With a spate of anti-trans bills being presented (and passed in some cases), this will only create more problems for trans youth and, in my opinion, youth in general.

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

It's good to sit down and smell the roses. Cherish the moment that you're in.

~Genevieve 

KEEP BEING WHO WE ARE

I don't know how 2021 will pan out for trans and gender non-conforming people, but we must keep being who we are.

HOMAGE TO MOM

 

Mom never knew me as Genevieve when I came out in 2005. She passed in 2001. We shared an interest in fashions and flowers. I asked her numerous times about color schemes when she was making her own clothing. She knew what went well together and what colors looked good on me. I wasn't embarrassed about wearing pink. We shared a love/hate relationship with the fashion industry. 

Mom taught me about hospitality as she entertained people who were lonely. Mom had that quiet strength, something I inherited from her. I didn't know that I was trans while she was living but I wonder if she knew that there was something different about me. In recent years the words of wisdom she shared have come to fruition in me.

I thank her for helping me become the person that I am now. I believe that she would have loved Genevieve just as much as she did her son. I do miss you, mom.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were and say why not.

~Robert Kennedy 

GALA

 Another wish I have is to attend a fancy gala with satin dresses and stilettoes. 

BRIDESMAID

I have harbored dreams of being a bridesmaid for a long time. I think that it would be cool.

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

No matter how dark or precarious it may seem, continue to pursue your truth.

~Andra Day, Musician (b. 1984)