GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

BE GREATFUL

 

2024 NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS

 

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DIVISION III

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COMMENTARY

The past week has been an emotional ride for me; the Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil and a memorial paying homage to a woman who was a part of the women's group I'm involved with. There was the annual community Thanksgiving dinner after last Sunday's service. Couple that with some intense moments of sorrow and reflection, it left me drained.

Twenty-nine transgender and gender nonconforming people were murdered over the past year. One was a fourteen-year-old transgender girl. I can't get her out of my mind because she was only a kid who was living her reality.  

With the uncertainty looming in the coming months, the only to do is to keeping moving ahead and stay informed. I'm not going to stop being me, that's for sure.    

  

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

BE WARY OF THEIR WAYS

 The incoming administration is very active in getting their people in place so they can unleash their diabolical laws against those they deem unworthy. The attack on trans people and the LGBT community is to divert attention from what their real plans are.

I learned from working in the financial sector that if they make job cuts in one area, they will find ways to cut other things. This is what could happen in 2025. The incoming administration is about power and control. They could care less about the citizens they allegedly represent. Also they are spiritually and morally bankrupt.

It is up to us to be there for each other. It is up to us to stand to all these devious plans because our lives are at stake. Be vigi.ent and stay informed. 

TDOR

 

COMMENTARY- HEALING IS NEEDED

Now that the elections are over much healing is needed on all sides. All the vitriol hurled at each other has created distrust and hatred. Some family members won't speak to each other because of his/her political beliefs. Things have gotten so tribal that no one wants to talk about anything.

Time has come for folks to put aside their differences . I'm sure there are folks who were wounded by someone else's remarks about the elections. A family breaking up because they have a different viewpoint is truly sad. Whatever happened to the day when people could  agree to disagree?

People need to ask for forgiveness and restoration. Yes, the election is over but wounds of hate and anger cut deep. Let's apologize to those we have hurt by our words/actions. We must treat each other as fellow human beings. We have to come together as a nation and as fellow citizens. 

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

BE OUT AND UNBOWED

 

STAND UP!

A lot of my friends are disgusted and sad about the results of the election. I'm not happy either, however, we must not be overcome by anger and fear. We must carry on. 

Do whatever you need to do to stand up to the bullying and lies. You be you and let no one disrespect. Go about life as you do now because someone may be looking up to you and you may not know it. Stand up and advocate for yourself and others.

HONOR VETERANS

 

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

~Robert Martin, 

AFTERMATH

 The elections are over. Donald Trump will be the 47th President. Do not despair. Don't be discouraged. Work for the things that you believe in. There are needs to be met. What this means for transgender people, I don't know. I do know that I'm not going to shrink and disappear. I'm going to live my life!

TRANSCESTOR

 

DO YOUR PART

 

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves,to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

~Max de Pree, Businessman (1924-2017)

BE THANKFUL