119. The Week in Me
Trans lives are sacred.
I am a proud founding member of the Hoboken Pride Council and our first Trans Day of Remembrance vigil was covered by the news1. I read the names of Yella Clark, who died in a Louisiana prison, and Pauly Likens, who was soullessly murdered at 14 years old. We were graced by almost 50 Hobokenite attendees of all ages, including the longtime friend and roommate of transgender icon Marsha P. Johnson. To hear Randy Wicker pay tribute, to humbly acknowledge the ways Marsha expanded his limited worldview, was an opportunity to witness trans history and I was awed by the experience. If you want to watch the documentary he helped produce, you can below.
I’d like to dedicate this issue to the trans and non-binary friends in my life that are beautiful in and out and kind and smart and silly. May they always feel and be safe. May we all aspire to their clarity of self and the tenacity they each have from summoning loving revolution within their bodies. Special love to Charlie, Nathannah, and my Junie, who performed a piece she wrote recently. I love my friend. (CW for slurs, mentions of hate crimes, and violence)
ANOTHER friend named Charlie is also looking for support in their medical care, if you in your Black Friday spending want to contribute some direct good.
To read:
A shopping guide I put together featuring all small business:
Small Business Holiday Gifting Guide!
If you’re looking for a great Black Friday deal, looking to get your holiday shopping done, or looking to bookmark what you want to buy with YOUR holiday cash, here is a shopping guide of ALL small businesses! I am also including my Bookshop.org storefront
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“New Data on Trump’s Border Security Record: Releasing Criminals to Jail Asylum Seekers,” by
for the Cato Institute. Holy shit, his numbers are SO BAD.
“You Can No Longer Send Messages To This Person,” by Teal Ivy Hall, for obvious Tara’s 2024 reasons.
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To watch:
with some fun Thanksgiving watches for your hopeful Friday off…I loved Wicked and I would have written about it here, except that all I can write is that somehow Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero out-daddyed JEFF GOLDBLUM.
This is literally just Simone:
This is literally just Lugosi:
Actually my babies:
Various and sundry:
Bisexual aspirations.
Me every time Jonathan Bailey and his ASS appeared in Wicked.
I have largely, due to sexual trauma and the letting go of oneself that happens in a divorce, stopped wearing makeup this year. I will probably NEVER get to the place this TikToker got to because this woman is seventy-five times more beautiful than any of us, but it made me hopeful:
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I love CLEO:
Thank you to paid subscriber Cam for this one:
A moment of recent happiness. I hope to have more. I hope you have double:
Love you bitches,
TG
Thank you for all of this. Truly beautiful and tragically necessary.
🏳️⚧️💖 beautiful!
Also I have to admit, Jonathan Bailey did absolutely nothing for me. I would have been all for Bowen Yang forcing me to wear an ugly hat though, so I don't know what end of the sexual spectrum I was hanging out on that day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯