I don't care if everyone likes me. I care if I'm effective. To make progress on civil rights, you have to choose. I choose effective.

You will know that we were effective, when ~20% of the trans folk on Mastodon are Black. Today we're very far away from that number. Because Mastodon is not always safe for cis Black men, let alone Black trans women. But we're fixing that.

You might not be able to see "the people that are missing," but I can. I see who's not here. And I know why they're not here