While talking with the Hobbits, Tom Bombadil puts on the One Ring. For a moment, all of the Nazgul burst into merry song. It is never discussed among them again.
The new law Alabama about to pass plans to make it a felony to give gender affirming care to trans youth under 19 years old… It hasn’t become law yet, but if/when it does, I want every trans youth in Alabama reading this to know:
I see you. I know you’re hurting. I know you’re scared. I know you’re devastated. I know it feels like hope has been ripped straight out of your hands. But I am begging you, friend. Don’t go. Stay alive. I may not know you, but I don’t want to lose you. I don’t care about discourse right now, I only care about you knowing that you deserve to live. That hope isn’t gone. It’s never gone.
If/when this bill passes, so many people are going to leap to help you. Activists you don’t know, who have dedicated so much of their time - their life - to helping people just like you… They’re about to fight like hell. People online that you don’t know, from places you’ve never seen, or even know exist, are going to scream at the top of their lungs if this passes. They’re already screaming. For you.
We’ve gotten bills like this to the Supreme Court and won before. I know times are definitely different now, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my short time on this Earth, it’s that even in the most disparaging situations, even the ones where you don’t have control, there is always something to hold on to. I know, I know. They always say that. I used to think it didn’t apply to me, but it did. And it applies to you too, whoever you are, wherever you are.
If you’re reading this, I greatly encourage you to reblog it.
