There is a homeless transwoman living around in the neighborhood. I see her regularly. At first we would just both frown our eyebrows at each other, not sure what to think. Then we just started to wave at each other.<\/p>\n
One time on a Saturday as I was slowly biking through a big baseball game crowd, I saw her making her way through too. Families everywhere. People judging, staring hard. She\u2019s walking and she\u2019s trying hard, but she\u2019s afraid.<\/p>\n
She sees me, I have my headphones on, I simply say \u201chey\u201d to her, smiling. People turning their head toward me wondering who I am talking to. She smiles and says \u201chi\u201d back. Her whole attitude changes. She raises her head and walks stronger. The Glow. She just needed to be recognized as a person in this sea of eyes and closed mouths.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s weird how scared we are of other people. We all need and want the same things. In different forms and shapes, but that doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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