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[potato_head]

Thanksgiving has never been a holiday that sat well with me. I understand for a lot of American families it's just about family and being thankful. In our family, it...isn't. I think that might be hard for some people to imagine when they've never heard how polite my grandfather can make a toast to genocide sound.

So I've never really been into any of the traditions, including counting what you're thankful for; but I recently found the time to stroll back over to Tranarchism and it's reminded me of how much I do have to be thankful for.

Things like making strides in California and that there are people out there who refuse to cater to cissexism and transphobia.

I'm also thankful for every single fellow trans person - whether you're stealth or closeted or out and proud or you disagree with how me and mine fight for our rights or whether you fight alongside us, or even fiercer, I am thankful for you; for your existence, for the fact that you're still living and breathing and brightening the world with your presence. You are beautiful, I love you, thank you, never give up on yourself.

I'm also thankful for our cis allies, those who really fight for us and stand beside us, or even just one of us. Thank you for your dedication to equality and willingness to stand against the world with us.

Also, people glitter-bombing Dan Savage. I am definitely thankful for that.

Comments

[anobjectinspace.livejournal.com]

OMG YOUR ICON. SO MUCH LOVE.

I'm thankful for my friends and my pack more than anything this year. I have amazing friends on LJ and elsewhere, and amazing pack who care for me and love me and help me to believe I am worth that. And who sew me awesome gifts :-P

[docbrite.livejournal.com]

I'm thankful for the introduction to Tranarchism, which I hadn't seen before. Great stuff.

[poto-heart.livejournal.com]

Indeed it is. Asher is by far my favorite blogger on trans issues.