#trans activist
This post goes out to my 15 year old transgender friend, Connor who lost his life last year because of bullying from his own parents.
Please reblog this to honor my friend and each transgender person who has lost their life for no other reason than hate.
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Most people won’t even believe me when I say this, but yeah, my birth mother tried to abduct me and take me back to Arizona.(I’m in Tennessee now) Why? Because she thinks I’m fucking up my life by “pretending to be a boy.”
My mom’s ignorance caused a ton of negative effects ranging from me having to temporarily leave my future adoptive parents, who are basically my whole world to me attempting suicide, again. Because of her actions, I cut myself so badly I had to be in the hospital for days following multiple blood transfusions.
The point of this (other than having a legit excuse to vent), is despite all that happened over the last few weeks, I’m lucky that I don’t have to live with my transphobic parents anymore, and I’m beginning to think I’m lucky I didn’t kill myself, but there are so many other youth out there that have no choice.
Parents do have a choice.
They can and should support their children even if they don’t agree with them.
Most people know people who are transgender are more likely to commit suicide, but did you know that when those kids have supportive parents, they are 82% less likely to commit SUICIDE? 82 percent. That’s huge.
Think about it.I’m here if anyone wants or needs to talk. You’re not alone.
During #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re honoring queer youth MAKING history!
Since Ashton Mota came out at 12 years old, he’s been fighting for the rights of our trans community - and he has a message to queer and questioning youth:
“You know who you are, and though you may not be ready to tell and show the world, just know that when you are, there will be a community waiting to embrace you, as you.”
Ashton, we salute your courageous activism ️️⚧️⚖️
Follow:instagram.com/ashtonmota
Kalki Subramaniam, contemporary Indian transgender artist, activist and writer ♀️️
