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Meet our
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Aristotle X
(they/them) I have grown up surrounded by anti-trans violence at the intersection of race, class, and transness. These cannot be the only trans stories I pass on, share, and teach – it is the stories of survival and liberation I have learned from our community which sustain me.
My personal search for care, hope, and coalition is why I believe in trans storytelling. Storytelling is how I remember the joy amid the struggle. I believe in trans storytelling because it is an ever-present reminder of the ways we have survived and the ways we continue the struggle for shared liberation. I document these stories for every trans youth who needs to know that their transness is loved, celebrated, and cherished. |
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T.C. Long
(he/him) “Art is a tool of empathy.” – Lorainne Wilson
Stories shape our realities and the ways that we perceive ourselves, but we also have the ability to create and shape our narratives: As the queer body is malleable through dress, form, and affect, so too are our ways of figuratively articulating ourselves in the world. By examining trans folks’ lived experiences, my hope is to make the queer quotidian and the stranger neighborly, and to give ourselves permission to be messy—to be unpolished—to be nascent—in the telling. And to show that trans stories aren’t all one shape: they’re as varied as the people that live them: no two are alike. Above all, I want to show trans youth that doors are not closed to you because you are trans—rather, they are opened to you because every trans journey is different, and you have a unique experience that only you can bring to the world: your story is essential. In cultivating hope, we build our futures. In living, we write our own stories. |
