The fashion show fundraiserMother, Daughter, Holy Spiritheld benefitting theTrans Justice Funding Projectwas a sweeping success.
We must lead with love and understanding, even when those around us dont care to do the same.
Listen to the trans people around you, give them love and let them know they are heard.
Madonna, Alex Consani mark International Transgender Day of Visibility with reflections on fashion show fundraiser Mother, Daughter, Holy Spirit benefitting the Trans Justice Funding Project.Michael Buckner/Variety/Getty Images; Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Live Nation
The excitement people get from watching people go down or be silenced, be blacklisted … is disturbing.
The enjoyment we get from other peoples pain is a sin.
The government will never be the source of our validation or protection, she wrote.
We have to do it ourselves.
Trans people are beautiful.
We are never going to stop existing.
Im never going to stop being trans, she said at the time.
A letter on a passport cant change that.
