quintessence :blobfoxcofecute:<p>An informative piece by a trans Texan :transpotion: for the Texas Observer, borrowing their choice of quote:</p><p>”Trans people are not a threat. We just want to exist and be left alone. Our dignity cannot be taken. But the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> Legislature is in danger of trading away its own.”</p><p>From April Maria Ortiz in 2023: Coming out in small town Texas ... <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans-texan/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans</span><span class="invisible">-texan/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+ <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Uvalde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uvalde</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TDOV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TDOV</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TransDayOfVisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransDayOfVisibility</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> </p><p>Link to post:</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social/114258185785311529" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hachyderm.io/@TexasObserver@te</span><span class="invisible">xasobserver.social/114258185785311529</span></a></p>