I’ve found that revealing one’s self is one of the most challenging tasks someone can perform sometimes. Cause at the heart of revelations people want to be seen, to be accepted, to have their truth recognized as valid. Having lived my life a member of the Rainbow tribe, I’ve long dealt with closets and comingContinue reading ““Don’t throw it in face ” and other shit cis-hets need to stop saying”
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Reflections
I have been living my truth daily for 9 years now. For 9 years, I have woken up and known myself to be a woman. Everyday even on my worst ,I have tried to honor that truth as best I can while simultaneously questioning standards and rules and laws and all the outside noise thatContinue reading “Reflections”
The Porsche
Tasha sighed aloud to herself watching the dull but jubilant nightlife of Roosevelt Square. Every time she came out here to work which was going on 6 days a week at 8 months in counting, she thought of how much she stuck out in the heavily Indian and South American neighborhood. It made her positionContinue reading “The Porsche”
Straightest place on earth
Written sometime in 2011 Straightest place on earth A hot,dark dewy night, the air smells of potential, fears and delights. So many places one can escape to unviewed, untroubled to relieve the burden Of rock hard dicks, slow tight, grip-able assholes. And yet here is no one there. No stares, Wherever them dl boys at they aint here. Whats a bitch gotta do To get some pipeContinue reading “Straightest place on earth”
Tripping
Tripping. My mind operates in waves and ripples of smells, touches, sounds and scenes. In it, Iam a receptor of many different elements. There’s rage, there’s lust, there is pride and there is shame.My mind is at one minute in peace, another minute in turmoil. And it’s all because it’s a daily struggle tobe. IfContinue reading “Tripping”
Lovers short story
Lovers She looked at the face of Kwame sleeping looking as peaceful as a 40 year old baby. Wrapped up in his big body with hers on the queen size bed. Her lover man. She smiled as the tears began to form, she glanced to her right to the mirror that overlooked their nude bodies.Continue reading “Lovers short story”
SEX
I imagine as the trans community gains visibility, as we obtain strides in the mainstream and some of our tribe “gets there”, there will undoubtedly be those segments of the community that eschew and isolate from those of us with more risque’ dispositions. I imagine the promotion of dowdy, Mrs. Doubtfire types in the press,Continue reading “SEX”
Travel as A Black Transwoman
Without a doubt,one of the joys I find in my life and living is travel. There is something about leaving the immediate vicinity of my home base that fills me with this giddiness. It’s like knowing I’m bouta embark on something so new and so risky yet so rewarding. As a child,I was an avidContinue reading “Travel as A Black Transwoman”
Sharing
It goes without saying that the greatest relationships with people are built on sharing. Sharing , the act of exchanging your stuff with another. On surface , sharing sounds like such an altruistic act. But the reality is sharing comes with sacrifice. Sharing comes with vulnerability. And often, people may not want what you’re sharing.Continue reading “Sharing”
Mary
I’ve had it in my head for a little while now to write about this. I’ve hesitated because I don’t want it to sound accusatory or generalizing. Every situation and every person is unique. What I’ve found though is that sometimes things need to be put out there cause they happened. And when they happenedContinue reading “Mary”
Big Black Trans and Beautiful 