Head in the clouds

I think of you when I see a shooting star. Do you remember that night? When we swore we saw one and no one else believed us?

I see you in parks and old bookstores.

I hear your subway order from five years ago come out from my mouth.

I see pictures of things you like in my camera roll.

Late night conversations and cryptic inside jokes remind me of you.

Crowded keychains and lingering laughter remind me of you.

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So

I'm a non-binary transgender person in Scotland.

If you don't know what I'm about to talk about, let me tell you.

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The SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT passed a law that let's 16 year olds self identify their gender.

The law would have gender dysphoria not be something that you need to be diagnosed by a Doctor.

A transgender person would only have to wait 3 months and *not* 2 years to have lived as their preferred gender.

This law has not been put in place yet.

And it might never.

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BECAUSE LONDON'S GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO NOT ALLOW THE BILL.

Their 'reasons' for this include:

• They do not believe 16 years old have the capability to understand what they want to do with their bodies

• They believe people could use the identity of being a Transgender Woman to harm Women in public places/single sex places

• They believe that Immigrants could come to the United Kingdom and harm Women in public places/single sex places

• This law could conflict with the laws of the United Kingdom

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Now my REASONS for being angry, for thinking this argument is completely foolish, is as follows:

• Within the United Kingdom, 16 year olds are trusted with their bodies when it comes to; Being a soldier, having sex and having children

• If this argument of "these group of people could harm our women" doesn't sound familiar, then look into any part of history that involve people being discriminated against, it isn't that hard to find

• If the London Government worry so much for people of the female sex, THEN GET BETTER SECURITY. DO NOT BLAME THE CRIMES OF CRUEL PERVERTS WHO WANT POWER OVER SOMEONE, ON ENTIRE GROUPS OF PEOPLE

• "This law could conflict with the laws of the United Kingdom" Dude. WE, AS IN THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT, **VOTED DEMOCRATICALLY** TO HAVE THIS LAW PASS **IN SCOTLAND!!!** NOT ANYWHERE ELSE! Y'all can handle your own laws, just keep your hands off ours

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They are fools.

Simply because they have demonstrated many things that is more telling of themselves than anyone else:

• They will use whatever *excuses* they want to have things go their way (not surprising in government but also yes it surprised me)

• The London Government abused it's apparent 'equal power with Scotland' to tell us that they can and will, in fact, take away the laws we pass for their liking

• They have shown to be Transphobic, Racist and Sexist (towards people born Male and Female)

• This is not democracy

• This is OR SHOULD BE illegal, they did not vote on this, they just said "no"

• And the thing the London/England Government fear the most; this will *definitely*, if they do not undo this or 'at least' come to an agreement; DEFINITELY make us Scots want to be *independent* from them

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Thank you for reading this far.

I've never done such a long post about such a serious topic before.

To all the Scots, the English and Trans people reading this who are also angry, upset or even scared of this situation; know this, have faith and fight for this law. I am fighting for the law we pass to be returned. I hope it does, so that it can be a domino affect and get this bill talked about for the rest of the United Kingdom, where it could be treated with Democracy instead of all this bullshit.

Anyone who is outside of the United Kingdom, thank you again for taking the time to read this.

All of you have my internet hugs x

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If you agree that this bill should not have been passed, if you agree with the reasons the London Government gave

This is a really good point. I don’t think libraries have ever been more important to protect and support. As a very popular post out there somewhere once pointed out, can you imagine if libraries were proposed today? They’d be tossed away as “social garbage.”

If they had asked me,

What I loved more than poetry,

I would've told them your name.

.

I wanted to grow old with you

Dance in the empty parking lots

And kiss you every morning,

Knowing that I'd love you

Through the laughs and the fights

And everything in between

Until we are gray and old,

Too weak and slow

To run around the city,

Like we used to.

But still young in our hearts

To never miss the chance

To dance in the pouring rain.

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And if you were to ask me

To love you once again,

I'd tell you that

I never stopped.

That I'll always wait

Till the clock strikes twelve,

On your every birthday

Even to whisper to the air

That I'm thinking of you

Grew too comfortable

Thinking I could stay places

Like, the softest smile, or the smallest touch would have me jumping off a cliff and plunging into darkness without a second thought.

I never expected it to come so naturally. I never expected to have the coffee ready the second you wake up each day. Or to smile as I fell asleep to the sound of your heartbeat.

It's been more like hearing your favorite song for the first time.

In the start, you don't know what to do with yourself. It feels like trespassing. You aren't sure what to expect.

But the more you hear the song, the more you grow to like it.

Until one day when you don't even realize you know the whole thing. And even thought you know what's all the high notes are, they never fail to surprise you. Even though you've heard the chorus a thousand times, the melody still explodes in your ears and fills up your whole world.

I didn't fall in love.

I didn't walk in love.

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