47: Week 2
I'm not quite sure where to start when I consider this past week, a week filled with a daily dose of horrors, chaos, and challenges. A week of attacks against democracy. A week of dismantling information . A week of heavy sorrow and anger watching outright attacks on transgender rights through a systematic erasure by a callous hateful contingent of petty white men. I'm angry. And so what to do? I reach out and check in on some friends to see how they're coping and feeling. I send a message offering support and care to a former trans student whose been posting about his concerns, fears, and reactions to various actions such as the relabeling tips on a state department site that used to say LGBTQI+ Travelers and now says LGB Travelers (and I imagine LGB Travelers will eventually disappear as well). Early Tuesday morning, after waking to the news of freezing federal spending, I called both my senators, and left messages imploring them to be revolutionary, to stand up agains...
