#prrose

[drunk-on-writing]

the last time i was at the airport i noticed a patch of fake grass squared off from the usual shades of grey and frowning TSA agents a sign above the space stated that this was for dogs to use the bathroom and then it dawned on me: dogs are treated with more respect than transgender people are after all no one tries to dictate where a dog can take a piss no one tries to take away a dog's basic rights when a dog is misgendered the error is corrected immediately but when people are misgendered they're told to get over it after being given a lesson on grammar dogs are called by their proper names while Leelah Alcorn's headstone still reads the wrong one dogs are put down in the most humane ways and trans people are murdered in cold blood after being stolen of their safe spaces after being beaten and abused after being attacked with words of hatred after being treated like dirt  animals are treated with higher regard than trans people key word: people trans people aren't even thought of as people but as a species as an inconvenience as a problem when the real problem is the fact that a dog's gofundme received more support than the trans person just trying to get out of their abusive environment the real problem is the man involved in a dog fighting ring is still ostracized but the politician putting the lives of transgender students in danger is not the real problem is more people were ready to boycott "a dog's purpose" because of the implied abuse on set but still went to go see "about ray" even though the trans community expressed how harmful it is to have a cis actor play a trans role the real problem is not trans people it's the rest of the world who refuse to see them as people the real problem is dogs can take a piss in public but human beings are still fighting to

when you realize dogs are treated better than transgender people are (cc, 2017)

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[kerosenekiss]

There are probably thousands of things I could say to you, or about you, or wish you would say to me. I'm not exactly sure what they are, I don’t know them all yet, I don’t know a lot of things about this damn thing Or about you I don’t know why you giggle every time we kiss, even if I miss. Why hours melt to minutes when I'm with you Why you laugh at the third round of my stupid jokes why your fingertips tattoo endless stories on my back without any ink But of the little i know about this- You Us I know that when i stay up late to do what I need to, I end up thinking about you, I know that out of the 20,000 words a minute that run through my brain, 2,000 are darling, and double that must be I love you. The rest are the endless days and night that I imagine with you, tattooing your back without any ink, maybe as my little spoon, or my sidekick, but always with me.

I can't sleep

[a-new-american-classic]

They tell you to reach for the stars. What they don't tell you is that they burn.