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ghetto enby prayer

blessed be da genderqueer gender-fluid - recognizingender asabullshitconcept ass bitches who dwell here on earth

hallowed be our names

may our kingdom come now and not beyond in some airy fairy world where we limited ta dimensions of "spirit"

may we have bread to eat water to drink gender-affirmin' clothin' ta wear a bed to lay our sweet queer bodies down daily

fuck da hoes who try to tell us who we are een real

if provocation strikes strike dem! conjure up wrath deliver evil da kingdom of power and glory been ours

now and fa eva eva

ashé.

— o f f e r i n g s by kevanté ac cash (Page 43)

Queer people know that risk is a continuum and not a binary. We know the activities that bring us joy and fulfillment can turn, in a moment, to danger, violence, ridicule. Many of the things we do are on a spectrum of risk: holding hands on King Street, coming out to our colleagues, booking a stay at a bed and breakfast. Even ordering a cake carries the risk of rejection and shame. One of the great gifts queer people have given the world has been to translate our intimate knowledge of risk into public health policy. The spectrum of risk was visible from the early days of the AIDS crisis, when we started distributing condoms and refusing to preach abstinence. It is equally visible in the work of drop-in centres, needle exchange programs, sharps boxes, and supervised injection sites.

— Park Cruising by Marcus McCann (Page 53 - 54)