As a Trans Person, I Don’t Need You to Hug Me. I Need You to Fight for Me.
Trans people have rights because we’re human—not because we’re special. So why does having those rights recognized require a flood of trans tears?
Luke has lived all around North America (Mexico City, New York, Olympia, Traverse City, to name a few) and is currently a guest in Alberta, Canada. They won the Crab Orchard Review's 2019 Jack Dyer Fiction Prize, was a finalist for the 2017 American Short Fiction Prize, won the 2015 Nelligan Prize and had a story listed as among the year's most distinguished by the 2016 Best American Short Stories. Luke's work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Colorado Review , the NYPL's Subway Library collection, the Crab Orchard Review and Catapult.
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Trans people have rights because we’re human—not because we’re special. So why does having those rights recognized require a flood of trans tears?
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