My Letter To Cassidy Lynn Campbell, Transgender Homecoming Queen
You didn’t do anything to deserve the type of hate you’re experiencing now, and hopefully, someday, you won’t have to.
You didn’t do anything to deserve the type of hate you’re experiencing now, and hopefully, someday, you won’t have to.
To be clear, what then Archbishop Bergoglio did was attempt to use his religious clout to turn the public against a law that had greater than 70% public approval at the time.
“I’m transgender.” I paused, looking back and forth between my two supervisors, waiting for some sort of reaction.
Someone shouldn’t need to be some sort of legal scholar to determine if they can marry the person they love.
In November of 2012, I came out to my parents as transgender. My dad’s response was everything I could have hoped for.
I kept debating at what point to pop the pills. I didn’t want them to go to waste by living through my overdose.
Dear Thought Catalog: We need to talk.
I do this in hopes that trans people can benefit from a similar trend. Perhaps knowing a trans person will benefit us, leading to more support.
As an occasional writer, I’m faced with a bit of a double edged sword: the fewer people read my article, the less likely I am to end up the subject of internet vitriol; the more readers, the higher the likelihood of ending up the subject of ad hominem attacks.
It’s rare that transgender issues get highlighted in a somewhat positive light. Please don’t waste those opportunities by letting blatant misinformation run amok.