It was heartbreaking to wake up this morning to the news of a shooting at Club Q, a gay club in Colorado Springs. It would have been heartbreaking no matter what, but since coming out of being bedbound I've spent a lot of time in queer spaces in ways I never got to before, and I've started to forge chosen family and community, and my grief and rage at this senseless queerphobic violence against people who have offered me nothing but safety and love is magma-hot. And on the Trans Day of Remembrance, of all days.

They can keep trying to kill us. They can keep trying to kick us down. I am not afraid. I am *angry*. And I will keep using that anger for the benefit of my community: to love fiercely, to protect passionately, to mourn those who should not need to be mourned, and to carry their memories with us as we fight for change.

🕯️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🕯️

"I AM NOT AFRAID!!!! QUEER NATION," Queer Nation graffiti, New York City, c. 1990. Photographer unknown. Pic courtesy of @lgbt_history on Instagram.

#ClubQ #TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter #QueerLivesMatter #LGBTQIA

This is outrageous - a shooter AGAIN, a queer club AGAIN! I'm beyond angry and devastated. My thoughts are with every victim, every person who feels even less safe now in this world, everyone who's crying, shocked, hurt...

#lgbtqialivesmatter #QueerLivesMatter #clubq #coloradosprings
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-18-injured-shooting-colorado-club-officials/story?id=93658669