Diary Of A Mad Black Trans Girl
For many, the month of June means warm summer days and the smell of BBQ cookouts. For the queer community, it’s a reminder that the pride parades and festivals are right around the corner. There’s so much beauty in living your truth but there’s a problem that plagues this community. It’s like a open secret that everyone knows but won’t bring up: Racism. It’s thriving in this community but to white queer people, they don’t care. During my adolescence years and into my freshman year of college, I began to realize that I’m not allowed to be both black AND queer. In a space of blackness, I can only embrace my black identity and in a space of queerness, I can only embrace my queer identity. White queer people don’t realize how difficult it is to find a sense of comfort when it comes to queer spaces that are dominated…
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