"In Heav'n we are ourselves entire
Exactly as God planned,
Bound not by snares of hatefulness
But held in God's own hand -
In truth the dead now stand."
-- first verse of "In Heav'n we are ourselves entire", by Jay Hulme (JayHulmePoet), with music by Yshani Perinpanayagam (
_yshani). full text -- video of it being sung
[A week from today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, for remembering, honouring, and calling attention to transgender people murdered in the past year. (Note contrast between this and the more celebratory Transgender Day of Visibility in March. TDoV is for celebrating trans people, being trans, etc.; TDoR is for calling attention to our dead, and the transphobia that killed them.) The week leading up to TDoR is Transgender Awareness Week, so expect a lot of quotes pertaining to that this week.]