often i listen to the radio or look for community connections and i’ll get really excited about the mission or the opportunity to be around people who share a similar mindset. then i’ll keep reading or listening and the demographic targeted is woman only or two-spirit or gender non- conforming and Black transgender men are left off the list of social justice warriors worthy of retreats or peace or even a discount on a Black Diaspora centered tarot deck.

Ezili’s Respite is meant to hold transmasculinity as sacred as femininity is held in other spaces.