When we free ourselves from the chains of gender based hierarchy, we can be truly free, and the powerful are terrified by it.

But what these people fear more than anything is the living truth that the existence of trans people perfectly exemplifies: gender, including gender roles, is not immutable, it is a socially created category that some people benefit from at the expense of others.

realize that I identified heavily with maleness and being a man, and want to be seen and treated as such by most people.

Because we change. We grow. Its fine.

exist in the way it does now. I'm pretty sure if I was born 20 years later than I was, I would have understood that I was nonbinary and probably gotten help to start transitioning socially pretty young. And I probably would have done the same thing I did as an adult when I started HRT, which is

a lot of people, and shifts through time. Its truly not a big deal!

I first knew I was specifically trans when I was 15, but I have memories going back as far as a I can remember of myself being sure I was neither a boy nor a girl. In the mid to late 90s rural MN language around that didnt really

They were supported by the trans community during this time. Loudly! We were and are always excited for people to explore their own identities. One of my oldest friends identified as nonbinary for a decade then realized he truly feels best as a feminine cis man. Its truly fine.

Gender is fluid for

So don't take on a Lenten task that's so unbearable that you can't actually accomplish it and end up feeling bad about it and giving up. Sure, Lent is about recognizing that we are sinners in need of forgiveness. Failing can sometimes help us realize that.

Fasting is great. But how does that practice bring you closer in love to God and your neighbor? Consider every time you feel a hunger pang that that is your trigger to pray for your hungry neighbor and/or donate to a food charity.

I too woke with a nasty migraine and touched pillow instead of pew

thats so fascinating! I was picturing you shoving flowers into the frames but figured that cant be right hahahaha

tell your bees I said hi 🐝🐝🐝🐝

what do you feed bees?

I think there's been attempts for a while

It still pisses me off that the ICE detention center in MN is the Bishop Whipple federal building