Why can you act like that and I can’t? Why can you dress like that and I can’t? Why can you get away with the things you do and I can’t?
Consider this a protest. If the behaviour of my actions and the witnessing of my skin leaves you uncomfortable, then why is it that our very brothers exercise my sins as rights? Why do you criticize me and not them?
As a trans woman I’ve learned more deeply about the relationship between myself and my body and, along with its perception, it is something that is forever changing. It’ll never take a final form nor does it ever need to. However, this relationship isn’t something that is limited to just me. I see it in the men in my life where the denial of their expression is shaped by the brothers and fathers that have come before them. I see it in the women in my life where the exposure of their skin is everyone’s opinion but their own.
Despite the perception, the opinions, the comments, the do’s and the don’ts, it is the choice that matters. And my choice to act the way I act, or dress the way I dress, or love the way I love can not be criticized as sexual or perverted or taboo unless these criticisms are applied to all standards of life. And what good does it serve to be labeled as sexual, perverted or taboo based on your opinions as a witness. What about it insults you and why?
So I ask you again.
Why can you act like that and I can’t? Why can you dress like that and I can’t? Why can you get away with the things you do and I can’t?
Talent: Emily Cole, Chanty Le, Naya Ali, Violet Joy, Brianna Antoniel, Sophia Tentellini