Piggy Riot
by Beth Weaver-Kreider

Quiet Piggy
Sit down Piggy
I do not permit
a Piggy to speak
Piggies should be seen
and not heard
Shake it Piggy
Bake me a cake Piggy

Awaken Piggy
Make a break
for it Piggy
Stand up Piggy
Speak out Piggy
Sing Piggy
Riot Piggy

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Today instead of a gratitude list, I want to mark Trans Day of Remembrance, begun in 1999 by trans activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith to commemorate the murder the previous year of Black trans performer Rita Hester.

• In the past three years, our community in Lancaster area has lost at least five young trans people to suicide.
• Proportionally, more trans people lose their lives to violence than just about any other group in the US.
• What can you do to create safe and brave spaces where everyone is completely free to be themselves and live their truth?