Nov. 20, 2022, 9 p.m.

what is that about, going out / and not having to explain

The Main Event, by stacy-marie ishmael

On Trans Day of Remembrance, mourning more murdered queer people.

Over and over again.

Attribution:

what is that about, going out
and not having to explain
you aren't that her
or that thing?

in this, our language,
there exists no plural that doesn't deny me.
— from They by Raquel Salas Rivera

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