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.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2022
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