vijara:

Transgender Elders Show Us the Meaning of Survival, pt. 1 (click here for part 2)

For many trans people, representation can be difficult to find, and often one-sided: depicting trans youth but not trans elders. It’s like we don’t have a future, an adulthood, a middle age, an old age. It’s like we just stop.

Supporting our young people is important, but we need to show them we have a future, too.

As photographer Jess Dugan explains on her website, “those [representations] that do exist are often one-dimensional.” Dugan set out to fill this representational age gap, teaming up with social work researcher Vanessa Fabbre since fall 2013 to develop the evocative photo project, “To Survive on This Shore.” In the recently released collection, diverse trans elders ages 50 to 86 are pictured at home or in meaningful spaces, gazing unapologetically into the camera, as if asking the viewer to look deeper into their unique context and life story.

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prompt: you meet an angel in a laundromat

boykeats:

the angel sits on top
of one of the washers, kicking
their not-feet in time
to the laundromat muzak,
humming along with
their guttural half-here
half-off in a distant
otherworld voice.

you’ve been watching
the angel for some time,
as they put their bloodied
robes & ragged sandals
on a spin cycle for delicates,
as they poured in soap
& counted out quarters,
but it’s only as you fold
your now dry duvet
that you realize their wings
are covered in a thousand
red eyes. you look at what
should be their face
& find the swirling
of the stars instead.

‘good morning,’ you say
as you pass them on your way
out. the angel grabs your arm.
their touch burns like ice
& makes you ache. ‘your son,’
the angel whispers, ‘tells me
that he is so so proud
of how you got sober. i placed
one hundred forty four
red roses in a vase
by your door. i will be back
next sunday should you need
to talk to someone.’

mysilentoutburst:

the-queen-poetico:

whenyougetrightdowntoit:

anjieluvs:

littledarlingnikky:

fiftyshadesofmacygray:

demon-witchling:

kingmoonbee:

Can you guess who my favorite viners are

The last one is my fave.

My favorite vine comp hands down.

Bruh, the one with the groceries. I literally have a mini anxiety attack, like mom don’t leave me I have no money, an adult, pls help 😭😭😭😭

“She been fucking” had me GONE

“Cinderella, I want you to wash the house tonight…”

When Harold let that dust go I screamed 😂

😂😂😂😭😭😭