"Tantrums and Tempests" remains tragically relevant. It reminds us that progress is never guaranteed, that rights once won can be lost.

My poetry serves as both a mirror reflecting my personal experiences and truths and a window through which others can glimpse perspectives

My heart was shattered by the news of the Club Q shooting and the weight of Transgender Day of Remembrance yesterday. I had been prepared to post about the meaning and sadness of remembering those our community had lost to violence and a need to recognize that violence is more than guns, and knives, and beatings. It's violence of all kinds. Emotional abuse, spiritual abuse, political abuse, bullying, harassment, and disownment. They are all violent acts that take lives. Somet