Laverne Cox
I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
The Suicide of a Black Child
I internalized lots of transphobia and homophobia I had a tremendous amount of shame about being attracted to boys about being as feminine as I was. The spirituality of the AME church is something even though I find religion oppressive and problematic the spiritual piece and the ways in which black people have found through spirituality to get through it's like the only thing that makes sense to me on a spiritual level so yes um you know the suicide piece is so part of me I have had moments of regretting talking about that publicly because I've seen headlines that that feel like it minimizes it. So much of my struggle has been letting go of those voices the struggle has been just walking out of my house
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