I write books to expand compassion for and understanding of trans people. The past months have been infuriating, & I've not posted much about them because I don't want to market trans trauma. But the books can help, so I'm linking them in this 🧵
#trans
@JustKalieH
Clearly that seminary is not the one for you.
Praying comfort as you work through your anger and grief. And praying that the Spirit saturate your being with peace and hope for the new, more wondrous things to come.
Trans people don’t owe their cis family/loved ones time to grieve. That makes our transition, our identity, our fight for our lives, about their grief. Your grief is about you, not me. Own your grief. Don’t use it as an excuse for refusing to accept me.
Rev. Joey Armstrong
I think that if there is a single thing that cis people should understand about trans people is that we aren’t trans because we transition, we transition because we’re trans. Stopping a trans person from transitioning doesn’t make them not trans, it makes them miserable.
Sage
When a person says they’re trans, they are trans. You don’t have to understand. You may never understand. Your job is simply to accept that reality.
#RT
Show your support. Be an ally.
#transally
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
In a world where trans people are demeaned, excluded, exoticized, invalidated, legislated against, and killed—the courage it takes for trans people to live fully into who they are is worthy of respect & honor. I dare say it is a holy act.
Angela Yarber
#quoteshare
#Transgender
Happy
#PanVisibilityDay
to you, and to all my pan siblings out there. Keep shining your light, and don't let anyone try to tell you you're anything other than gloriously and wonderfully made.
"A packed church this Easter would be a church testifying to the importance of the stock market over the sacred worth of human life. A packed church this Easter would only be a death cult. This Easter the churches will be empty. And the tomb will be empty."
Jake Morrill
God comes to love us, just as we are. Straight, gay, lesbian, queer, bi, transgender, intersex, non-binary, asexual, whatever. And God needs us to love ourselves, just as we are, so we’re able to love others.
My novel shows the depth of love between a wife and her transgender spouse, and the ripples of grief and disruption which results from anti-trans bias.
Happy Birthday Beverly Cleary.
She was the author of over 30 books for young adults and children.
(April 12, 1916 - March 25, 2021)
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#authors