THE BOY IN THE BLUE DENIM DRESS

We met him at the Pride Parade joining all those who came there to unite… He was wearing a blue denim dress and carrying a flag in colors blue and pink and white. He proudly waved his transgender flag…a freedom that seemed to give him joy… We weren’t sure if he was born a boy who knew he was a girl or born a girl who knew she was a boy. But that didn’t matter to us…or anyone else who stood there by the road… we were all impressed with the courage and the bravery this wonderful human showed. Because today…fear and prejudice and politics have made it difficult by far… for a transgender human to stand up proudly…and declare to the world who they are… Which is why we were there at the parade…to lend our love, support and happiness to celebrate with pride…all the people in the parade…and their unique humanness. It’s fitting that we are in Cherokee country..because many native nations, whose traditions we so callously attempted to destroy… believed in two-spirit people—those being born part girl…part boy. They gave special significance to two-spirit humans…and welcomed all of them here believing they had a special connection to the sacred spiritual sphere. They revered two-spirit humans…who because of their two-spirit feelings became their spiritual and ceremonial leaders…with special powers for healing I’d like to get back to the Native Nations way of thinking… because the only way to make this country great… If to ensure acceptance, truth and wisdom…supplants our prejudice, fear and hate. When you think about it who walks in better balance than a human who can see the world from more than one side… Which made us proud to watch this young human wave his flag… proud he knew he was accepted…that he didn’t have to hide. I believe we all are born with two-spirits…certainly me…and I have no doubt…you… It’s just some people are more blessed to have a better balance between the two. And rather than try to shame and humiliate them…I think it’s important that we… celebrate who they are…and who they were born to be… Because this human holds onto the hope that one day…our world will have evolved so far… That a human won’t need to be brave or courageous…to show the world exactly who they are