#theythem
Happy Two Spirit and Indigenous Queer Day ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธy'all โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ
โso that when they see us, gender non conforming people,
we who make freedom real,
we who remind the world that
heaven is a practice - not a promise
they have to reckon with a crucial distinction between life
and mere existence,โ as ALOKvMenon says (Instagram quote).
Thank you for being and showing up, showing the myriad of ways a truly free life can be lived out. Or in.
There's this person who often rides the same bus I use for morning commute. They have a distinctive look and have set my enby radar tingling ever since I first saw them. Today I was in an angle where I got a good look at the badges on their bag. One of them proudly said "they/them". I felt super warm and fuzzy inside.
Another small joy. I rarely refer to myself with a pronoun. In my previous toot I didn't have to think about it, "they" came naturally.
When someone misgenders me, I'm usually painfully aware of it. Today a colleague introduced me to someone. When it was my turn to talk, I realized I had no idea whether she used any pronouns when referring to me. To be on the safe side, I added my pronouns, to which she replied giddily "and I got them right!" Turns out that she using they for me went undetected by my brain, unlike erronous he.