As we are getting closer to Pride Month, I will be sharing essays and work I’ve generated honoring fellow queer and trans people who have survived DV and SA. This is in the face of some wild legislation that often co-opts the stories of those of us living at this intersection. This is “Valentine’s Day Letter To My Body Parts” with Teen Vogue - which details my journey of how I started writing letters to my body parts.
"For years I went in and out of the hospital without a diagnosis. I was simply afraid of my body — heavy with the question, “Will anyone believe me?” I closed the notebook onto my lap, IV dripping into my tired veins, it is from there I started writing letters to my body parts. I had to make it better by carving out a place for myself instead of carving into my own skin.
"I am trans. From a young age I was sexually and emotionally abused. I rarely place these sentences next to each other because I don't want anyone to confuse my trauma with my liberation. Forced into someone else's destination, nothing about rape taught me to be honest with myself. I grew from a place where telling my body’s truth would uproot everything. Language was used to manipulate my boundaries. Silence was better. The hurt said it was best to become a see-through version of myself so I don’t have to keep falling into the trauma of fallen toys.”
full piece here - https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trans-valentines-day-letter-to-body-parts
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