Who I am

Do you hear our voices? Our voices longing to be free? Our voices that are suppressed time and time again? Simply because of our identities?

People look us straight in the eye and tell us we will never be enough. We hope they are wrong, but their words still sting deep.

And eventually, we begin to agree. We stop fighting the snide comments and the cruel words and we just sit back in silence. We stop taking a stand.

Well, this is me taking a stand. Saying, this is who I am. And if you don’t respect that, that’s your problem not mine. Because you know what? I’m proud to be me.

This is me saying stop. This is me telling the world I belong, no matter what you say or do. You can’t change me, you can only change you.