And I think that's just like a really good example of, you know, the only reason that those two were able to be safe was because I happened to be living in this place that I had lived in for four years, that we had lived in for four years. [...] I will say when I moved here and I was working as a barista I there was a job that I worked at briefly in a richer suburb, and I was essentially let go for like, “not being a good fit for the team”. [...] So I think you know that experience of being trans during the pandemic is essentially in a lot of ways that you don't want to be perceived, and that if the option is available to be stealth and to be passing, it's going to be taken. [...] My partner and I, we moved like we were living in a bigger city and we moved to a smaller city during the pandemic, and I think a lot of people in general did that and I think a lot of trans people did because of, like, worry about finances and that kind of thing. [...] And I'm telling you that because as a trans person, I only you know, it took me 6 months to realize how bad it was when I experienced the suicide of a friend of mine who was trans just to a due to a complete lack of acceptance from her, her family, and her support network.
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