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Strike the Pose

I recently tripped across this video:

Elektra's stilleto bootcamp

The character's name is Elektra Abundance or Elektra Wintour from a TV series called Pose that I had not previously heard of.

Of course because I watched it and tried to identify the source, YouTube then began spamming me with clips from the show. 

The actress is Dominique Jackson. Wikipedia says: She experienced a traumatic upbringing that included bullying and sexual abuse. due to her transgender identity. 

A lot of the clips I'm seeing are very confrontational and uncomfortable to watch. And then I tripped across a clip about Elektra getting evicted from her mother's house and I noped out when her mother becomes physically abusive and turned my attention to adding new content to a trans resource I quietly run but don't in any way promote. 

I also run The Genevieve Files, an LGBTQ resource started because the LGBTQ community is at high risk of homelessness and Formulary of Life, a HRT sandbox. 

Formulary of Life was started as a political act to take a stand against the current homophobic, transphobic poltical climate but it's also a thought experiment where the concept of providing needle-free, no prescription, no gatekeeping HRT "for the trans community" defines a high bar for what I'm trying to do while I increasingly write about issues like epilepsy and bipolar. 

My hat is off to Ms. Jackson. She, in fact, endured abuse at the hands of family and that was likely a hard scene to film.

That scene is unfortunately reality for far too many LGBTQ individuals, probably largely because many of their relatives are closeted LGBTQ individuals who are terrified at the possibility of being outed by a relative openly expressing that identity. 

The TV show Pose seems like a jagged little pill to swallow. If it bothers you, try to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. Or at least STFU and stay the hell out of the way.

The above sites are some of my efforts to be part of the solution. FYI: I'm a medically handicapped blogger and currently homeless. 

So I don't really want to hear anyone's bullshit justifications for why they can't stop being part of the problem. Just in case you were wanting to dump on me and expect me to UNDERSTAND your hateful shit.

The title is from the song Vogue, kind of related to the subject matter of the TV show. Look it up if you have no clue what I'm talking about. 

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