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Patricia Trimble

Patricia Trimble

Time to take a breath

I was talking on the phone with a good friend the other night when, seemingly out of no where, he blurted out “Our country has lost its way…

Jun 3, 2023

Jun 3, 2023

Patricia Trimble

Remembering the sacrifices of Stonewall

Recently we marked the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City. I was but a confused child of eleven, living in the Midwest and…

Mar 28, 2023

Mar 28, 2023

Patricia Trimble

You don’t want to understand

As I watch the news, I am struck by the growing outrage by our government. The problem is, it is not outrage aimed at those who wear the…

Mar 21, 2023

Mar 21, 2023

Patricia Trimble

One mother’s love

I am a lobbyist and advocate for positive change within the LGBTQ+ Prison Community, Black and Pink Inc.’s spokesperson in Missouri and the…

Mar 14, 2023

Mar 14, 2023

Patricia Trimble

Time for change

The year is 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, finds himself confined like a common criminal in the city jail of…

Mar 8, 2023

Mar 8, 2023

Patricia Trimble

What’s in a name

I’m not sure when I became conscious of the name given to me by my parents, I doubt anyone is. Most kids probably think the only purpose of…

Mar 1, 2023

Mar 1, 2023

Patricia Trimble

A Mother’s Hidden Fears

Editor’s note: This post chronicles Patricia’s thoughts from early in the COVID-19 pandemic

Feb 21, 2023

Feb 21, 2023

Patricia Trimble

Focus your shining light!

I wasted so much of my life hiding, refusing to embrace my authentic self, terrified to let anyone know I was really a girl. Living outside…

Jan 25, 2023

Jan 25, 2023

Patricia Trimble

State sponsored torture and murder

Monday January 2nd was the last full day my beautiful daughter Amber McLaughlin will be permitted to spend on this earth. The state of…

Jan 17, 2023

Jan 17, 2023

Patricia Trimble

Living with a prison bully

For decades, our incarcerated brothers and sisters have written stories about uncaring and/or vindictive prison staff who assign…

Jan 15, 2023

Jan 15, 2023

Patricia Trimble

Patricia Trimble

Writer, activist, and transgender inmate. Advocate for the fair and just treatment of all LGBTQ prisoners. Buy my book about life in prison: shorturl.at/eoWX7

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