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Everyone Wants To Say They Are Pan Or Bi Or Trans

The in thing to say now, everyone calls themselves pan or bi or trans Annoying to me, for they have not experienced any abuse for it. I have had three friends murdered, because they were trans. Anyway, the police think this is the reason they were killed. In the Bible-thumping belt where a book means more than a child. Some religious leaders are preaching against anyone who is trans. I was sitting in the front pew, wishing I wore dresses when I noticed. Announcing I had a crush on the minister’s daughter, was a mistake. Being only eight at the time, I did not realize how I would be bullied. How many people would advise my mother to make a man out of me. I could never be a man, I was a girl, accidentally living in a girl’s body. I was trans before trans was accepted, I was ostracized. Luckily, I had a mother who recognized I was being me. That God had made me, and God did not make mistakes. She began to buy me dresses and entered me into beauty pageants. I now work as an advocate for other trans people. Men and women who were thrown out of their parents’ homes Because of prejudice and hatred toward people who live their truth. I am proud to stand up for the trans people of the world. I am excited to be part of their success story.

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Date: 8/3/2022 5:34:00 PM
I am a firm believer that everyone should have the right to be who they were born to be. And, I have said many times the greatest tragedy is when someone is put down for being who they are by those who should be building them up. I know I am preaching to the choir, Caren. I have a very good trans friend. She is an attorney.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/3/2022 11:23:00 PM
I have trans friends too, and there are many more than we realize. This was written in honor of a trans friend for a trans contest on AP.

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