The Candid Thoughts of Jana
I wake up this morning with a deep sense of melancholy as the the clouds of uncertainty gather into storms of unrest and inevitably. I can’t help wonder if it’s too late to make any difference even if I receive the outcome for which I am hopeful. I feel a deep loss of self in…
When I came out at work, everyone called me courageous for doing so. I tried to tell them that it wasn’t about fear. It was about just doing what I had to do at the time to survive and get past the uneasiness of not being able to be myself in all parts of my…
At what point do I give up? Is it when the state I live in outlaws body autonomy for women? Is it when the country I live in values religious freedom over my rights to exist and be treated equally? Is it when I can no longer advance in my career because now I’m not…
What is it about being transgender that scares people so much? There are so many groups out there that hate and fear our very existence, as if we upset some cosmic balance and the universe will implode if we continue to exist. Most of the arguments against us follow along the same lines as historical…
I am not an alarmist. I do not have an exit/escape plan. I live in a relative safe location for a trans woman. All that began to change last week. All that might radically change next week. Last week, the President of the United States and his administration announced a plan to define transgender people…
I was recently asked ‘why you think it is that some folks refuse to accept or believe the experiences of others merely because they’ve never had the experience themselves?’ Part of it is that we don’t teach empathy and compassion. American Capitalism disdains them as a weakness. Men are considered weak for showing empathy and…