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I was bullied, beaten, and scarred by these systems from my youngest years onward. It's part of the unfortunate landscape of being trans/queer in this culture.

I carry a lot of trauma with me. I always will.

If I find myself on the opposite side of a political difference where you are supporting a violent system and I'm opposing it, our relationship is unlikely to survive.

I start to pull back when I realize this.

I grow quiet.

I create distance.

And our relationship fades.