Black Trans Women & The Shadows We Step out of

I am not powerless, I have been overpowered

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Warning: this story contains frank discussion of child sexual abuse some readers may find traumatizing.

I am a woman who exists in the shadow, at least that is what I am told. I am told this by those who call themselves my ally, my therapist and anyone else who does not live with the…