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While these attacks on the LGBTQIA+ rights and specifically transgender rights and access are being hurled at us like a blind giant hurls boulders - they are often attempts by the government to obfuscate other legislation to distract us from other matters.
Whether you’re going home for the holidays or reading this knowing you may not ever - we are all valid, and worthy of love and affection.
When I wrote about the transphobic publication by the neo-nazi organization found by DHS on the south side of Des Moines, I had spoken to the fact that extremism was finding its roots closer and closer to my home.
Every year on November 20, transgender communities gather to remember those who have been assaulted, hurt or killed for simply being what they are - transgender.