I read the Bible myself. What I found was not what was being preached.
A God who sat with the outcast. Who healed on the wrong day. Who said the least of these.
The institution stopped believing in that God.
I did not.
Issue 7: Not a Prayer.
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What do you say to the people who want you gone?

Issue 6 of Never Alone. Never Afraid. is live. And the answer might surprise you.

"I do not have enemies. I have people who see me as theirs."

Read it. Share it. Let me know what you think.

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Dysphoria does not go away when you win. The imposter syndrome does not go away when you hold the gavel. Issue 3 of Never Alone. Never Afraid. is about what becoming actually looks like from the inside.

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I stood on a bridge in 2013 and said goodbye inside my head.

I stayed.

Issue No. 2 of Never Alone. Never Afraid. is the story I have never fully told.

I am telling it now because someone needs to hear it.

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The only roles ice should have in our society is for a cold beverage or after the ass whipping snitches deserve.

Takeaways on Supporting Transgender & NB ppl right now

Don't send bad news we either already know or are avoiding on purpose

Please send good news, check-ins love funny memes

Give 💰 to trans organizations & also individuals. Hire us

Contact people with power and ask to protect trans & NB folks

So according to the United States government, Trans people don't exist, non-binary people don't exist and queer people don't exist. A systematic erasure of transgender people is underway and it's only going to get worse.

Because Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️‍⚧️