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Mountaintop
What did you see,Martin,on that balconywhen they took your life?Did an angelcome to take youup to Heaven?Or was it justdarkness?They say Sinaiwas shrouded in smokewhen Moses ascended.Were youshrouded in light?Your commandments werefar better and worthierof a sweet chariotto carry you Home.Those of us leftto wonder are wanderingin a wildernessof doubt.Where did you go,Martin?A day isContinue…
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Selma
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is coming. Black History Month after that. The shelter I’m staying at is just a block away from Selma Park on Selma Avenue in Hollywood. It’s almost sixty years after the marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in defense of equal voting rights and in opposition to the South’s racialContinue…
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Fullness
Full the moonand full the Kiddush cup.Walking homefrom the synagogue,I’m full of challahand the rabbi’s wordsabout Genesis whenthe universe wasfilled only by chaosuntil creation pouredinto it relationships,connections like wineor milk to givemeaning to oblivion.Stars, headlights,billboards flatlyilluminated by aglaring need,a craving forsomething out of reach.I try and greeteach person I meetalong the wayas I would wanttoContinue…
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Connections
Last Friday the rabbi at Kol Ami spoke of the Jewish creation myth of Genesis in terms I had never heard before. He described how God introduced relationships or connections into the preexisting chaos. Before, the cosmos was empty of meaning. Then—with that added layer of interconnectedness—existence became meaningful. I know homeless life can throwContinue…
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Blindness
Being homeless and exploring gender diversity really opens your eyes to a lot of assumptions and underlying, hidden factors that shape our reality. Words like “poverty” and “sexism” are no longer just abstract concepts you read about online or in the news. They become lived experiences. There is a world of difference between commenting onContinue…
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Ladder of Love
Many different cultures have the concept of different levels or types of love extending from lower or more mundane types to higher, more immaterial kinds. I guess one of the most well-known would be the ladder of love found in Plato’s Symposium, supposedly delivered to Socrates by a priestess named Diotima. But there are manyContinue…
About Me
I’ve been writing about my life in Hollywood for years without sharing, but recently a friend suggested I do that. This blog is intended to let people know what it’s like for transgender and homeless people living in Hollywood as reflected by my own personal experience since becoming homeless over four years ago and coming out as transgender seven years ago.
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