love, protect, and fight for your child self 🏳️‍⚧️ (2021)


a trans woman holds a flag behind a ghostly figure of herself as a child
love, protect, and fight for your child self 🏳️‍⚧️ (2021)

I drew this when we were waiting for the federal Religious Discrimination Bill and the NSW Education Bill to be debated in 2021.

I was tired and wondering where my community’s energy to fight comes from. Many trans people are haunted by our pre-transition selves—these closeted younger versions of us who needed love and protection desperately, but who nobody fought for. We survived, and we are fighting for them now.

* I drew this for a one-off work event. If you have anything you want to use it for, drop me a line! I don’t think I should keep something like this just for myself.