(thread continues here: https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver/111670030375154017 )
"It strikes me, and may strike you, as a bit crazy to come out as #transgender in an essay like this. I’m publicly revealing myself to be a member of a marginalized community in the midst of a moral panic targeting our very existence."
April Ortiz shared her journey with us, in one of the best articles we published this year:
https://www.texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans-texan?utm_campaign=mastodon
#BestOf2023 #essays #LGBTQIA+ #culture #ComingOut #transphobia #rural #Texas
@TexasObserver Moral panic is right.
Republicans are the kings of fear and the kings of worrying about stuff that has no affect on their lives .... other than being mad that they exist.
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