That despair you feel when they won't label you right? Grab it, and direct it towards knowing that no matter how hard they have to try and how pathetic they have to act, they're just afraid of you and the power you have to make them irrelevant.
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Denise Norris
Passports do not validate our identities. Never have.
Deadnames do not invalidate our identities. Never have.
Look in the mirror. Staring back at you is the person who validates your identity. Always has.
35 years of authenticity has taught me that.
Deadnames do not invalidate our identities. Never have.
Look in the mirror. Staring back at you is the person who validates your identity. Always has.
35 years of authenticity has taught me that.
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Once we stop allowing them to validate our gender, we can use all the power we recover from defending our gender to focus on survive and perhaps thriving while we fight for our equality