Killing Us

This is a piece I wrote back in February 2023 just after the transphobic murder of Brianna Ghey. Depressingly, I’ve had to add a couple of new lines to it to cater for the people who are now willingly lending their talent and fame to the further enrichment of the person who is successfully winning her ideologically driven war to see us all eliminated. How ANYONE can work on those projects (of which there are two!) in 2025 knowing what their creator stands for simply boggles me. They are CHOOSING to stand on the wrong side of history, and I hope history judges them equally harshly. None of these adults need the money, that’s for sure. So why the hell are they doing it?

Anyway, here it is:

They’re Killing Us

They’re killing us
That’s their aim, no shame
To see us dead, and purged
Their urge to hurt, to maim, to kill
Through shift of blame.
As if it is our own fault, we’re the ones
Who threaten them, how exactly? What do
We harm by living as ourselves so matter of factly?
They’re killing us.
And when you stand by and do not object
When they see you nod in agreement at each test
Of your tolerance to other us
They throw another brick at us
Knowing that you’ve watched them hurl
These insults, threats and blocks in law
Every time you like those tweets
Every time you don’t complain
When media, press and politicians lie
And you just shrug, and download that game
Or take that role, you whore your fame
Integrity cast off for
Enrichment to fund her war
When you don’t add your voice to ours
When you stand on that side and show us thus
You side with them
You’re killing us.