Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. #ITDOV #TDOV
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Understanding ourselves takes time, everyone’s journey looks different, and that’s ok! Sometimes blossoming our authentic selves is an incremental process that may not give us clarity until we’re in our 30s or 40s, like me. And that’s ok too!
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I am blessed to be here another day. Grateful to my loved ones and community for making me feel seen/held/heard, for affirming my own right to healing, joy, respect to my dignity, to be loved. I am a real person. In this post are pics of some meaningful times in my life that capture what I’m sitting with today.
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To trans community of all ages: Please know that what many of us in the public eye post is just a post. It cannot possibly encapsulate all of who we are or what each of our lives are about. Queer and trans people are not a monolith. You be you. Stay true to who you are and who you are evolving into. There are many people fighting for our present and future, many ancestors and transcestors who paved the way so we could show up. We need you. I need you. I love you.
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Pic 1: Sara selfie wearing a grey tshirt with taupe font that reads “Squad up, skill up, slay” from @ignitekindred ,cell has a sticker from @familiatqlm that reads “No Pride in Detention”, they are thinking about how powerful our existence as trans people is.
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Pic 2: Sara in Mazatlan, Mexico at around 5 years old, in a white bunny costume and carrot. I know.
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Pic 3: Sara and @dercarler taking a selfie in nature smiling because the sister/sibling love is real.
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Pic 4: Sara between @trudy0nduty and bff Cray Cray outside of the NYC launch party for Revolution is Love, excited to be with community.
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Pic 5: selfie of @trudy0nduty hugging Sara while looking into camera as if to say “fuck around and find out, bitches. I love Sara.”
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Pic 6: Sara w/tgnc community @cmoneverybodybk freeing ourselves to @mariquitas.band
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Pic 7 &8: pics of Sara from Out mag where they are in their trans power.
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Pic 9: Sara in Bday joy
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Pic 10: Sara in blue mask & beanie w/grounded smile, giving✌🏽and practicing hope. 😘
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If you’re open to it pls donate to:
@forthegworls
@blacktransliberation
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. #ITDOV #TDOV
.
Understanding ourselves takes time, everyone’s journey looks different, and that’s ok! Sometimes blossoming our authentic selves is an incremental process that may not give us clarity until we’re in our 30s or 40s, like me. And that’s ok too!
.
I am blessed to be here another day. Grateful to my loved ones and community for making me feel seen/held/heard, for affirming my own right to healing, joy, respect to my dignity, to be loved. I am a real person. In this post are pics of some meaningful times in my life that capture what I’m sitting with today.
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To trans community of all ages: Please know that what many of us in the public eye post is just a post. It cannot possibly encapsulate all of who we are or what each of our lives are about. Queer and trans people are not a monolith. You be you. Stay true to who you are and who you are evolving into. There are many people fighting for our present and future, many ancestors and transcestors who paved the way so we could show up. We need you. I need you. I love you.
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Pic 1: Sara selfie wearing a grey tshirt with taupe font that reads “Squad up, skill up, slay” from @ignitekindred ,cell has a sticker from @familiatqlm that reads “No Pride in Detention”, they are thinking about how powerful our existence as trans people is.
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Pic 2: Sara in Mazatlan, Mexico at around 5 years old, in a white bunny costume and carrot. I know.
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Pic 3: Sara and @dercarler taking a selfie in nature smiling because the sister/sibling love is real.
.
Pic 4: Sara between @trudy0nduty and bff Cray Cray outside of the NYC launch party for Revolution is Love, excited to be with community.
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Pic 5: selfie of @trudy0nduty hugging Sara while looking into camera as if to say “fuck around and find out, bitches. I love Sara.”
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Pic 6: Sara w/tgnc community @cmoneverybodybk freeing ourselves to @mariquitas.band
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Pic 7 &8: pics of Sara from Out mag where they are in their trans power.
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Pic 9: Sara in Bday joy
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Pic 10: Sara in blue mask & beanie w/grounded smile, giving✌🏽and practicing hope. 😘
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If you’re open to it pls donate to:
@forthegworls
@blacktransliberation
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. #ITDOV #TDOV
.
Understanding ourselves takes time, everyone’s journey looks different, and that’s ok! Sometimes blossoming our authentic selves is an incremental process that may not give us clarity until we’re in our 30s or 40s, like me. And that’s ok too!
.
I am blessed to be here another day. Grateful to my loved ones and community for making me feel seen/held/heard, for affirming my own right to healing, joy, respect to my dignity, to be loved. I am a real person. In this post are pics of some meaningful times in my life that capture what I’m sitting with today.
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To trans community of all ages: Please know that what many of us in the public eye post is just a post. It cannot possibly encapsulate all of who we are or what each of our lives are about. Queer and trans people are not a monolith. You be you. Stay true to who you are and who you are evolving into. There are many people fighting for our present and future, many ancestors and transcestors who paved the way so we could show up. We need you. I need you. I love you.
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Pic 1: Sara selfie wearing a grey tshirt with taupe font that reads “Squad up, skill up, slay” from @ignitekindred ,cell has a sticker from @familiatqlm that reads “No Pride in Detention”, they are thinking about how powerful our existence as trans people is.
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Pic 2: Sara in Mazatlan, Mexico at around 5 years old, in a white bunny costume and carrot. I know.
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Pic 3: Sara and @dercarler taking a selfie in nature smiling because the sister/sibling love is real.
.
Pic 4: Sara between @trudy0nduty and bff Cray Cray outside of the NYC launch party for Revolution is Love, excited to be with community.
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Pic 5: selfie of @trudy0nduty hugging Sara while looking into camera as if to say “fuck around and find out, bitches. I love Sara.”
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Pic 6: Sara w/tgnc community @cmoneverybodybk freeing ourselves to @mariquitas.band
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Pic 7 &8: pics of Sara from Out mag where they are in their trans power.
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Pic 9: Sara in Bday joy
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Pic 10: Sara in blue mask & beanie w/grounded smile, giving✌🏽and practicing hope. 😘
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If you’re open to it pls donate to:
@forthegworls
@blacktransliberation
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. #ITDOV #TDOV
.
Understanding ourselves takes time, everyone’s journey looks different, and that’s ok! Sometimes blossoming our authentic selves is an incremental process that may not give us clarity until we’re in our 30s or 40s, like me. And that’s ok too!
.
I am blessed to be here another day. Grateful to my loved ones and community for making me feel seen/held/heard, for affirming my own right to healing, joy, respect to my dignity, to be loved. I am a real person. In this post are pics of some meaningful times in my life that capture what I’m sitting with today.
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To trans community of all ages: Please know that what many of us in the public eye post is just a post. It cannot possibly encapsulate all of who we are or what each of our lives are about. Queer and trans people are not a monolith. You be you. Stay true to who you are and who you are evolving into. There are many people fighting for our present and future, many ancestors and transcestors who paved the way so we could show up. We need you. I need you. I love you.
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Pic 1: Sara selfie wearing a grey tshirt with taupe font that reads “Squad up, skill up, slay” from @ignitekindred ,cell has a sticker from @familiatqlm that reads “No Pride in Detention”, they are thinking about how powerful our existence as trans people is.
.
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Pic 2: Sara in Mazatlan, Mexico at around 5 years old, in a white bunny costume and carrot. I know.
.
Pic 3: Sara and @dercarler taking a selfie in nature smiling because the sister/sibling love is real.
.
Pic 4: Sara between @trudy0nduty and bff Cray Cray outside of the NYC launch party for Revolution is Love, excited to be with community.
.
Pic 5: selfie of @trudy0nduty hugging Sara while looking into camera as if to say “fuck around and find out, bitches. I love Sara.”
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Pic 6: Sara w/tgnc community @cmoneverybodybk freeing ourselves to @mariquitas.band
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Pic 7 &8: pics of Sara from Out mag where they are in their trans power.
.
Pic 9: Sara in Bday joy
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Pic 10: Sara in blue mask & beanie w/grounded smile, giving✌🏽and practicing hope. 😘
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If you’re open to it pls donate to:
@forthegworls
@blacktransliberation
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. #ITDOV #TDOV
.
Understanding ourselves takes time, everyone’s journey looks different, and that’s ok! Sometimes blossoming our authentic selves is an incremental process that may not give us clarity until we’re in our 30s or 40s, like me. And that’s ok too!
.
I am blessed to be here another day. Grateful to my loved ones and community for making me feel seen/held/heard, for affirming my own right to healing, joy, respect to my dignity, to be loved. I am a real person. In this post are pics of some meaningful times in my life that capture what I’m sitting with today.
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To trans community of all ages: Please know that what many of us in the public eye post is just a post. It cannot possibly encapsulate all of who we are or what each of our lives are about. Queer and trans people are not a monolith. You be you. Stay true to who you are and who you are evolving into. There are many people fighting for our present and future, many ancestors and transcestors who paved the way so we could show up. We need you. I need you. I love you.
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Pic 1: Sara selfie wearing a grey tshirt with taupe font that reads “Squad up, skill up, slay” from @ignitekindred ,cell has a sticker from @familiatqlm that reads “No Pride in Detention”, they are thinking about how powerful our existence as trans people is.
.
.
Pic 2: Sara in Mazatlan, Mexico at around 5 years old, in a white bunny costume and carrot. I know.
.
Pic 3: Sara and @dercarler taking a selfie in nature smiling because the sister/sibling love is real.
.
Pic 4: Sara between @trudy0nduty and bff Cray Cray outside of the NYC launch party for Revolution is Love, excited to be with community.
.
Pic 5: selfie of @trudy0nduty hugging Sara while looking into camera as if to say “fuck around and find out, bitches. I love Sara.”
.
Pic 6: Sara w/tgnc community @cmoneverybodybk freeing ourselves to @mariquitas.band
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Pic 7 &8: pics of Sara from Out mag where they are in their trans power.
.
Pic 9: Sara in Bday joy
.
Pic 10: Sara in blue mask & beanie w/grounded smile, giving✌🏽and practicing hope. 😘
.
If you’re open to it pls donate to:
@forthegworls
@blacktransliberation
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. #ITDOV #TDOV
.
Understanding ourselves takes time, everyone’s journey looks different, and that’s ok! Sometimes blossoming our authentic selves is an incremental process that may not give us clarity until we’re in our 30s or 40s, like me. And that’s ok too!
.
I am blessed to be here another day. Grateful to my loved ones and community for making me feel seen/held/heard, for affirming my own right to healing, joy, respect to my dignity, to be loved. I am a real person. In this post are pics of some meaningful times in my life that capture what I’m sitting with today.
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To trans community of all ages: Please know that what many of us in the public eye post is just a post. It cannot possibly encapsulate all of who we are or what each of our lives are about. Queer and trans people are not a monolith. You be you. Stay true to who you are and who you are evolving into. There are many people fighting for our present and future, many ancestors and transcestors who paved the way so we could show up. We need you. I need you. I love you.
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Pic 1: Sara selfie wearing a grey tshirt with taupe font that reads “Squad up, skill up, slay” from @ignitekindred ,cell has a sticker from @familiatqlm that reads “No Pride in Detention”, they are thinking about how powerful our existence as trans people is.
.
.
Pic 2: Sara in Mazatlan, Mexico at around 5 years old, in a white bunny costume and carrot. I know.
.
Pic 3: Sara and @dercarler taking a selfie in nature smiling because the sister/sibling love is real.
.
Pic 4: Sara between @trudy0nduty and bff Cray Cray outside of the NYC launch party for Revolution is Love, excited to be with community.
.
Pic 5: selfie of @trudy0nduty hugging Sara while looking into camera as if to say “fuck around and find out, bitches. I love Sara.”
.
Pic 6: Sara w/tgnc community @cmoneverybodybk freeing ourselves to @mariquitas.band
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Pic 7 &8: pics of Sara from Out mag where they are in their trans power.
.
Pic 9: Sara in Bday joy
.
Pic 10: Sara in blue mask & beanie w/grounded smile, giving✌🏽and practicing hope. 😘
.
If you’re open to it pls donate to:
@forthegworls
@blacktransliberation
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. #ITDOV #TDOV
.
Understanding ourselves takes time, everyone’s journey looks different, and that’s ok! Sometimes blossoming our authentic selves is an incremental process that may not give us clarity until we’re in our 30s or 40s, like me. And that’s ok too!
.
I am blessed to be here another day. Grateful to my loved ones and community for making me feel seen/held/heard, for affirming my own right to healing, joy, respect to my dignity, to be loved. I am a real person. In this post are pics of some meaningful times in my life that capture what I’m sitting with today.
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To trans community of all ages: Please know that what many of us in the public eye post is just a post. It cannot possibly encapsulate all of who we are or what each of our lives are about. Queer and trans people are not a monolith. You be you. Stay true to who you are and who you are evolving into. There are many people fighting for our present and future, many ancestors and transcestors who paved the way so we could show up. We need you. I need you. I love you.
.
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Pic 1: Sara selfie wearing a grey tshirt with taupe font that reads “Squad up, skill up, slay” from @ignitekindred ,cell has a sticker from @familiatqlm that reads “No Pride in Detention”, they are thinking about how powerful our existence as trans people is.
.
.
Pic 2: Sara in Mazatlan, Mexico at around 5 years old, in a white bunny costume and carrot. I know.
.
Pic 3: Sara and @dercarler taking a selfie in nature smiling because the sister/sibling love is real.
.
Pic 4: Sara between @trudy0nduty and bff Cray Cray outside of the NYC launch party for Revolution is Love, excited to be with community.
.
Pic 5: selfie of @trudy0nduty hugging Sara while looking into camera as if to say “fuck around and find out, bitches. I love Sara.”
.
Pic 6: Sara w/tgnc community @cmoneverybodybk freeing ourselves to @mariquitas.band
.
Pic 7 &8: pics of Sara from Out mag where they are in their trans power.
.
Pic 9: Sara in Bday joy
.
Pic 10: Sara in blue mask & beanie w/grounded smile, giving✌🏽and practicing hope. 😘
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If you’re open to it pls donate to:
@forthegworls
@blacktransliberation
That time I traveled with a good platonic friend 🎉 @thefreeactorvist 🎉who just got it (and still gets it) and there was mutual support and ease in co-creating a fucking GREAT time! Celebrating good platonic friendships because they matter too!
📷🎥: @thefreeactorvist
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Image 1: Sara reclaiming Paris for themselves. They are facing the camera, sunglasses on, hands in pockets, standing in all black joggers, boots, jacket, black tshirt that reads “binaries are for computers” in black font over a square of white zeros and ones, ballcap that has “X=“ in white. Paris and the Eiffel Tower in the background, sunny clear sky.
Image 2: Same everything except Sara’s head is turned to camera right.
Video: Sara singing “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette into a green lit mic at a red light district karaoke bar. Sara is wearing white joggers, a camo sweatshirt and same black ballcap with the “X=“ in white. Sara is FEELING IT. The bar is low lit in reds, purples, yellow and green, passersby in the background by the front door -some walking by and one just chilling watching from the cobblestone walkway outside.
That time I traveled with a good platonic friend 🎉 @thefreeactorvist 🎉who just got it (and still gets it) and there was mutual support and ease in co-creating a fucking GREAT time! Celebrating good platonic friendships because they matter too!
📷🎥: @thefreeactorvist
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Image 1: Sara reclaiming Paris for themselves. They are facing the camera, sunglasses on, hands in pockets, standing in all black joggers, boots, jacket, black tshirt that reads “binaries are for computers” in black font over a square of white zeros and ones, ballcap that has “X=“ in white. Paris and the Eiffel Tower in the background, sunny clear sky.
Image 2: Same everything except Sara’s head is turned to camera right.
Video: Sara singing “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette into a green lit mic at a red light district karaoke bar. Sara is wearing white joggers, a camo sweatshirt and same black ballcap with the “X=“ in white. Sara is FEELING IT. The bar is low lit in reds, purples, yellow and green, passersby in the background by the front door -some walking by and one just chilling watching from the cobblestone walkway outside.
That time I traveled with a good platonic friend 🎉 @thefreeactorvist 🎉who just got it (and still gets it) and there was mutual support and ease in co-creating a fucking GREAT time! Celebrating good platonic friendships because they matter too!
📷🎥: @thefreeactorvist
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Image 1: Sara reclaiming Paris for themselves. They are facing the camera, sunglasses on, hands in pockets, standing in all black joggers, boots, jacket, black tshirt that reads “binaries are for computers” in black font over a square of white zeros and ones, ballcap that has “X=“ in white. Paris and the Eiffel Tower in the background, sunny clear sky.
Image 2: Same everything except Sara’s head is turned to camera right.
Video: Sara singing “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette into a green lit mic at a red light district karaoke bar. Sara is wearing white joggers, a camo sweatshirt and same black ballcap with the “X=“ in white. Sara is FEELING IT. The bar is low lit in reds, purples, yellow and green, passersby in the background by the front door -some walking by and one just chilling watching from the cobblestone walkway outside.
2.17.23
@cmoneverybodybk
@mariquitas.band
Cultivating joy and powerful community
Video: Sara getting free on the dance floor with @qween_jean and community for liberation.
📷: @trudy0nduty
Video of a wide shot and then close up on some of Sara’s Christmas lights hanging against a white(ish) wall. Each light is a clear bulb with a silver base and a tiny Xmas tree submerged and covered in snow inside. In the background is the sound of Sara singing some lyrics from “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” live while filming this video. You can hear Mio, Sara’s 6 months old puppy singing along in the background. Video ends on close up of one of the bulbs. Then Sara says “Merry Christmas, everybody.”
Wishing you all a restorative, healing, generative, truth telling, joyful, loving holiday, however you choose to celebrate and/or share space. And not everyone is celebrating today. Not everyone celebrates or holds space in the same way.
I’m also remembering that the size of our grief is the size of how large we love(d).
Peace,
♥️🫶🏽❄️🫶🏽♥️
Black background w/white font that reads: “March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility (and Action). Where will you be? How will you be engaging with this day beyond visibility?”
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We are living in a time where more visibility for Trans community doesn’t just create important conversations, it creates increased violence toward trans and non-binary people – in particular Black and Brown queer and trans community. On this #ITDOV #TDOV we must challenge systems beyond visibility. We must not only raise awareness, but take action; build power within queer/trans community, strategize for community care and mutual aid, push back against policies and bills that are attempting to “eradicate” trans and non-binary/gender non-conforming people (tgnc) – with the goal of changing the material conditions of tgnc folx’ lives for the better and protecting tgnc community’s rights to healthcare/housing/food security/jobs/education/voting.
There will be school walk outs, protests, marches and celebrations all over the US and globe. For more info on one, of many, youth led actions in the US please check the link in my bio. This movement is multi-generational; without tgnc youth, without the tgnc adults and elders who paved the way for us to march/protest- who have built community/safety structures to support actions- the movement is incomplete. We must come together in solidarity, raise our voices and let the people who work FOR US know that TGNC people exist and aren’t going anywhere.
Without eradication of white supremacy and anti-Blackness (in all its forms), and inclusion of disability and immigration justice, our movement is incomplete.
TGNC people have always been here, since the beginning of recorded history, and we will always be here. We make the world a more beautiful and vibrant place. Join the movement for liberation today, beyond #ITDOV, and know you’re not alone. Sending love to my beloved queer and tgnc community.
Some trans led orgs to support in NYC starting today:
@blacktransliberation
@forthegworls
@blacktranstravelfund
@blacktransfund
@theokraproject
@btfacollective
@translawcenter
@officialblmp
@tgncbridges4life
@transasylias
@citgny
Can I say how refreshing and healing it is to date someone who genuinely, authentically loves me for ALL of me, and not the spotlight? What you see here is just a glimpse of how LARGE this beautiful Leo LOVES ME. Thank you, Universe! And a glimpse it shall remain until we choose to share more. Until then we will continue minding our own BEAUTIFUL QUEER TRANS BUSINESS. 🥰
Video: Sara’s legs and feet pounding the NYC pavement in white joggers and custom white Adidas made by @trudy0nduty that read “I love you” a gazillion times in black font on both shoes, a purple chyron at the top of the video with light purple font that reads “Friendly reminder that if you haven’t walked in my shoes…”
Image 1: A still of the same view of Sara’s legs and feet, same joggers and Adidas, same NYC pavement, a purple chyron at the top that reads in light purple font “…then you don’t know my life.”
Image 2: Insta story where @trudy0nduty commented on Sara’s story (image 1 of this post) with his own comment overlay that reads “My baby (warm loving feels emoji)” in white font on black background.
Can I say how refreshing and healing it is to date someone who genuinely, authentically loves me for ALL of me, and not the spotlight? What you see here is just a glimpse of how LARGE this beautiful Leo LOVES ME. Thank you, Universe! And a glimpse it shall remain until we choose to share more. Until then we will continue minding our own BEAUTIFUL QUEER TRANS BUSINESS. 🥰
Video: Sara’s legs and feet pounding the NYC pavement in white joggers and custom white Adidas made by @trudy0nduty that read “I love you” a gazillion times in black font on both shoes, a purple chyron at the top of the video with light purple font that reads “Friendly reminder that if you haven’t walked in my shoes…”
Image 1: A still of the same view of Sara’s legs and feet, same joggers and Adidas, same NYC pavement, a purple chyron at the top that reads in light purple font “…then you don’t know my life.”
Image 2: Insta story where @trudy0nduty commented on Sara’s story (image 1 of this post) with his own comment overlay that reads “My baby (warm loving feels emoji)” in white font on black background.
Can I say how refreshing and healing it is to date someone who genuinely, authentically loves me for ALL of me, and not the spotlight? What you see here is just a glimpse of how LARGE this beautiful Leo LOVES ME. Thank you, Universe! And a glimpse it shall remain until we choose to share more. Until then we will continue minding our own BEAUTIFUL QUEER TRANS BUSINESS. 🥰
Video: Sara’s legs and feet pounding the NYC pavement in white joggers and custom white Adidas made by @trudy0nduty that read “I love you” a gazillion times in black font on both shoes, a purple chyron at the top of the video with light purple font that reads “Friendly reminder that if you haven’t walked in my shoes…”
Image 1: A still of the same view of Sara’s legs and feet, same joggers and Adidas, same NYC pavement, a purple chyron at the top that reads in light purple font “…then you don’t know my life.”
Image 2: Insta story where @trudy0nduty commented on Sara’s story (image 1 of this post) with his own comment overlay that reads “My baby (warm loving feels emoji)” in white font on black background.
2.17.23
@cmoneverybodybk 🏳️🌈
@mariquitas.band 🏳️⚧️✊🏽🎶
This is what community looks like.
This is what liberation looks like.
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Videos: a rainbow of Black Brown Asian and white Queer and Trans people sharing space with each other in @cmoneverybodybk while holding space for the humanity, message, heart, talent, energy, and presence @mariquitas.band , a tgnc (trans and gender-non conforming) salsa band, brought last night. We danced the night away and freed ourselves. At some point Qween and co. inspired me to jump in and get free so I did. The last video is what happens when the set is over and you make your own music with each other. It was so joyful and generative to share space in an inclusive lgbtqia culture that is for true liberation. Thank you @mariquitas.band for all that you are and all that you are building. @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @ohhbrent 🕺🏽💃🏾🎉♥️
2.17.23
@cmoneverybodybk 🏳️🌈
@mariquitas.band 🏳️⚧️✊🏽🎶
This is what community looks like.
This is what liberation looks like.
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Videos: a rainbow of Black Brown Asian and white Queer and Trans people sharing space with each other in @cmoneverybodybk while holding space for the humanity, message, heart, talent, energy, and presence @mariquitas.band , a tgnc (trans and gender-non conforming) salsa band, brought last night. We danced the night away and freed ourselves. At some point Qween and co. inspired me to jump in and get free so I did. The last video is what happens when the set is over and you make your own music with each other. It was so joyful and generative to share space in an inclusive lgbtqia culture that is for true liberation. Thank you @mariquitas.band for all that you are and all that you are building. @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @ohhbrent 🕺🏽💃🏾🎉♥️
2.17.23
@cmoneverybodybk 🏳️🌈
@mariquitas.band 🏳️⚧️✊🏽🎶
This is what community looks like.
This is what liberation looks like.
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Videos: a rainbow of Black Brown Asian and white Queer and Trans people sharing space with each other in @cmoneverybodybk while holding space for the humanity, message, heart, talent, energy, and presence @mariquitas.band , a tgnc (trans and gender-non conforming) salsa band, brought last night. We danced the night away and freed ourselves. At some point Qween and co. inspired me to jump in and get free so I did. The last video is what happens when the set is over and you make your own music with each other. It was so joyful and generative to share space in an inclusive lgbtqia culture that is for true liberation. Thank you @mariquitas.band for all that you are and all that you are building. @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @ohhbrent 🕺🏽💃🏾🎉♥️
2.17.23
@cmoneverybodybk 🏳️🌈
@mariquitas.band 🏳️⚧️✊🏽🎶
This is what community looks like.
This is what liberation looks like.
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Videos: a rainbow of Black Brown Asian and white Queer and Trans people sharing space with each other in @cmoneverybodybk while holding space for the humanity, message, heart, talent, energy, and presence @mariquitas.band , a tgnc (trans and gender-non conforming) salsa band, brought last night. We danced the night away and freed ourselves. At some point Qween and co. inspired me to jump in and get free so I did. The last video is what happens when the set is over and you make your own music with each other. It was so joyful and generative to share space in an inclusive lgbtqia culture that is for true liberation. Thank you @mariquitas.band for all that you are and all that you are building. @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @ohhbrent 🕺🏽💃🏾🎉♥️
2.17.23
@cmoneverybodybk 🏳️🌈
@mariquitas.band 🏳️⚧️✊🏽🎶
This is what community looks like.
This is what liberation looks like.
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Videos: a rainbow of Black Brown Asian and white Queer and Trans people sharing space with each other in @cmoneverybodybk while holding space for the humanity, message, heart, talent, energy, and presence @mariquitas.band , a tgnc (trans and gender-non conforming) salsa band, brought last night. We danced the night away and freed ourselves. At some point Qween and co. inspired me to jump in and get free so I did. The last video is what happens when the set is over and you make your own music with each other. It was so joyful and generative to share space in an inclusive lgbtqia culture that is for true liberation. Thank you @mariquitas.band for all that you are and all that you are building. @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @ohhbrent 🕺🏽💃🏾🎉♥️
Blurry picture that Sara took of an NYC pov sunrise through Manhattan/Queens/Brooklyn buildings, the sun is a warm vibrant orange yellow peeking through the buildings, black font over the top of the picture that reads “Thinking about art and how powerful it can be. No one person has ownership over what art means. We are all touched by art in some way throughout our lives. I believe art is for hearts and minds, for spirit and body, for affirmation AND discourse. It is not always there for us to feel good, but it is always there for us to FEEL.”, yellow font across the bottom of the picture that reads “Grateful to the community of artists I’ve been so fortunate to share space with in 2022. Thank you for welcoming me in and collaborating for a more inclusive and harm reductive future.”
Pic of @fednajacquet @smatesky @jordanecooper @ebonym_o @crystallucasperry @marchantdavis on the Belasco Theater stage during their bow at the end of @aintnomobway, 10 multicolored stars in a line across the top of the pic, “THANK YOU” in large yellow font above the actors’ heads, the backs of heads and bodies of an array of audience members giving the play a much deserved standing ovation, and “Lee Daniels presents AIN’T NO MO’ written by Jordan E. Cooper directed by Stevie Walker-Webb” in bright fuchsia font along the bottom.
To the brilliant cast, crew, director @steviewalkerwebb, producers @leedaniels, @marvetbritto, @lenawaithe, and the entire producing team of @aintnomobway, thank you for your heart, your spirit, your humanity, your truth, your energy, your storytelling! @jordanecooper , there are no words but I’ve meant the ones I’ve already shared. You have made history in so many ways, not the least of which is being the youngest playwright in Broadway history. Take up all the space today, tonight, and beyond, knowing there is a large community rooting for this to not be the final destination, but rather a brief layover on the way to what’s next for #AintNoMo. As community collectively continues to work to save Aint No Mo beyond this run, I am eternally grateful for the way this work is generative and healing for so many. We need Black art to be properly supported and set up for success on Broadway and beyond. We need Black art, we need radical Black art, we need radical Black Queer art, we need this play, we need you.
#SaveAintNoMo
Belasco Theater
AIN’T NO MO
A New Broadway Comedy.
Spread the word, buy tickets, post about it, we cannot let this play close! LINK TO BUY TICKETS IN BIO!!
I agree that it needs more time to find its audience and continue sending the message that “radical Black work belongs on Broadway too!”- @jordanecooper @steviewalkerwebb @leedaniels @aintnomobway
Pic 2: Sara & @crystallucasperry outside the Belasco theater
Pic 3: Sara & @jordanecooper & @qween_jean outside the Belasco Theater
Last slide is from @kaishacreates and reads in white font over light blue background: “ #SaveAintNoMo, A Call to Action for the Broadway Community, ‘In the name of art, in the name of resistance, in the name of we belong here too…Radical Black work belongs on Broadway too!’ from Jordan E. Cooper @kaishacreates “
