at age 11, i stuck a metal rod in a fuse box while my class rehearsed a play. i had been thinking of nothing but dying since I was 9.
my parents punished me for embarrassing them.
no one cared why I did it. they were too busy being ashamed.
at age 11, i nearly threw my body down a giant hill into a busy street after school one day.
i was saved but by people who told me being trans didn’t really exist and threatened to out me.
now 14 years of my youth can never be remembered again.
at age 11, i stuck a metal rod in a fuse box while my class rehearsed a play. i had been thinking of nothing but dying since I was 9.
my parents punished me for embarrassing them.
no one cared why I did it. they were too busy being ashamed.
I turn 30 next year. It's astonishing to me because I didn't think I'd live this long.
Our people, our children, deserve the right to grow old.
at age 11, i nearly threw my body down a giant hill into a busy street after school one day.
i was saved but by people who told me being trans didn’t really exist and threatened to out me.
now 14 years of my youth can never be remembered again.
I turn 30 next year. It's astonishing to me because I didn't think I'd live this long.
Our people, our children, deserve the right to grow old.
At 16 I attempted to drown in a lake.
I never thought I could truly be myself. My environment made the conditions dangerous.
I started my transition at 25 and I will never regret it.
trans and queer kids should be able to grow up without fear.
Growing up I was ashamed of myself and hated who I was. At 18 I tried killing myself.
I started my transition at 28.
I have never been happier with myself. I feel things I didn’t know I was capable of.
Robbing the youth of this experience is murder.
at age 11, i nearly threw my body down a giant hill into a busy street after school one day.
i was saved but by people who told me being trans didn’t really exist and threatened to out me.
now 14 years of my youth can never be remembered again.
At 16 I attempted to drown in a lake.
I never thought I could truly be myself. My environment made the conditions dangerous.
I started my transition at 25 and I will never regret it.
trans and queer kids should be able to grow up without fear.
Growing up I was ashamed of myself and hated who I was. At 18 I tried killing myself.
I started my transition at 28.
I have never been happier with myself. I feel things I didn’t know I was capable of.
Robbing the youth of this experience is murder.
at age 11, i nearly threw my body down a giant hill into a busy street after school one day.
i was saved but by people who told me being trans didn’t really exist and threatened to out me.
now 14 years of my youth can never be remembered again.
Growing up I was ashamed of myself and hated who I was. At 18 I tried killing myself.
I started my transition at 28.
I have never been happier with myself. I feel things I didn’t know I was capable of.
Robbing the youth of this experience is murder.
he is accepted immediately.
Seen in Bellingham Washington
Seen in Bellingham Washington
~ John Lewis
~ John Lewis