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overthinkingandalwayshungry · 3 years

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My biggest takeaway from the Trans Activism unit is a couple things, from how trans poc are treated in the prison systems and how homeless trans people are treated when they seek shelter. I feel as human beings we can do so much better than this. We can raise awareness about what is actually like to be trans and in the prison system and how broken and messed up that system is. Or how discriminatory homeless shelters can be for trans people. Just because people fall on hard times or may make mistakes that can lead to incarceration, doesn't mean that they are any less human. I think a lot of people forget or don't realize that it could happen to any of us. The unacceptable part is the broken system and the treatment. Trans lives matter, Black trans lives matter, we are all human beings and we should all look towards progress and becoming equal.

As for my picture above, these are a few things that stuck with me as well as a drawing I created of a black trans woman named Mia Green. Mia was unfortunately shot and killed in Philadelphia, PA, of a hate crime. Mia was only 29 years old. May she rest in peace.

*More than 10,000 hate crimes in the U.S. involve a firearm each year, which equates to more than 28 each day, according to a report from HRC, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, Giffords Law Center and Equality Florida titled “Remembering and Honoring Pulse: Anti-LGBTQ Bias and Guns Are Taking Lives of Countless LGBTQ People.”

*information found in article on site: https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-mia-green-black-trans-woman-killed-in-philadelphia

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