Alexandra Billings on Instagram: "Most trans youth spend their formative years on the streets. Unwanted and cast out. Told by mainstream America they are useless. Pointless. An idea. A collective decision. A mental illness. I began my transition in 1980 and the word for what I was felt clinical and like a betrayal. My spirit cracked wide open, and after burying the last of my friends I packed a grey suitcase, walked out my front door and kept walking for about a year It was sometime in the 1980’s The way we speak about each other is the way we manifest our love. Do not talk of God and faith if you cannot practice acceptance and kindness For I am part of this life and you will not tell me otherwise. Me or anyone of my chosen family. Not anymore. We are here. We are permanent. We aren’t going anywhere."

941 likes, 16 comments - therealalexandrabillings on August 8, 2023: "Most trans youth spend their formative years on the streets. Unwanted and cast out. Told by main..."