Many in the trans community are fed up with L.G.B.T. organizations that continue to erase trans identity or just give lip service to trans issues. We need our cisgender allies - gay and straight - to treat transgender lives as if they matter, and trans people need multiple seats at the tables in the organizations that say they're interested in L.G.B.T. equality; this absence has been painful since Stonewall.

Who you are authentically is alright.

When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference.

By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better.

Healthcare for trans women is a necessity. It is not elective. It is not cosmetic. It is life saving.

It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.

Seeing a black transgender woman embracing and loving everything about herself might be inspiring to some other folks.