Pete,
Let’s talk about fairness.
Because clearly,
the most unfair element of late stage capitalism
is a 14-year-old trans girl
trying to join her high school swim team.
Meanwhile—
Trans people are losing healthcare
While doctors are threatened with prison.
We are
banned from bathrooms,
kicked off sports teams,
fired for showing up to work
The Democratic Party,
the epitome of fairness,
Loses elections
by abandoning the base;
then scapegoats trans folks
for existing in public
Try fairness when you get pulled over for driving while trans,
Try fairness when a TSA agent asks what’s in your pants and in humiliation you respond, a penis,
Try fairness when no one will hire you for a job,
Try fairness when your boss misgenders you in front of your colleagues and doesn’t even realize it,
Try fairness when your tires are flattened and hate mail is sent to your home
What would fairness look like, Pete?
Fairness would look like trans youth not struggling with suicidal ideation,
Fairness would look like young, black trans women having a life expectancy longer than 35 years,
Fairness would look like laws passed to protect our rights instead of taking them away
We do have a serious fairness issue, Pete,
It is you
