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Assigned What at Birth: Biological what?
Biological what?
XY or YY,
not the same,
not how we feel?
Genetics is not identity.
Gender is internalized,
identities are intrinsic,
identities are claimed.
Biological what?
A reminder,
of the nightmares we live.
Our pain and reality,
“girl’s bathrooms and sports,”
a weapon against identities,
or of hate?
We know who we are,
we tell our truths,
we won’t lie down and,
no way can we be erased.
Hey! just leave our identities alone.
For my LGBTQ Community. We stand for who we are, we stand for each other.
Patsy Starke, 12/24/2024