What I hear from self-professed allies that makes me feel like a beautiful stone, picked up at the lakeshore, and shoved into a dirty shoebox in the basement so you can call yourself a crystal girlie.

  • I call everyone girl, I mean I call everyone 
    • who looks like a girl to me a girl, definitely never
    • call any of the men and boys in my life girl, so I’m sorry I called you girl, 
    • girl.
  • I call everyone lady 
    • [see 
    •       above]
  • Ugh, I know you are, I 
    •   practice this 
    • at home with my republican husband who 
    • ★✦★ Wishes ★✦★ 
    • all queer people would stop. be 
    • legislated out of existence so I AM 
    • trying!
  • Oh no, oh
    •   oh my god, I am so 
    • so sorry, I am so bad 
    • bad at this, it is hard
    • you are hard 
    • hard to know for
    • hoping to be known at all

What would be so healing to hear that my soul would feel like a cool stream flowing past wildflowers and the survival celebration of songbirds.

  • Got it, 
    •   thanks for telling me
  • I am glad you know that it is important to me to know you
    •   just as you are.
  • She saw  … ope, they saw my spirit and
    •   held it for me ’til I also knew 
    • I am all the way beautiful