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    <title>TransRights &amp;mdash; The Poet Sky</title>
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    <description>Poetry for people who could use a little kindness</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>TransRights &amp;mdash; The Poet Sky</title>
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      <title>I Refuse</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[There are people that want&#xA;  to take my right to live&#xA;  to erase people like me&#xA;  to force me to live in misery&#xA;&#xA;I know they aren&#39;t all evil&#xA;  But they don&#39;t want to understand me&#xA;  And they do want to control me&#xA;  So how can I trust them?&#xA;&#xA;Especially when&#xA;  They bully me into compliance&#xA;  Threaten me into hiding&#xA;  Force me to follow their rules&#xA;&#xA;But one thing they will never do&#xA;is make me give up&#xA;&#xA;I refuse&#xA;&#xA;No matter what else they take from me&#xA;they will never take my hope&#xA;my will to fight&#xA;&#xA;I refuse&#xA;&#xA;When they try to smother me&#xA;    I will scream out louder&#xA;&#xA;When they try to keep me down&#xA;    I will rise up stronger&#xA;&#xA;When they try to break my spirit&#xA;    I will refuse to give up&#xA;&#xA;#Poetry #TouchTheClouds #Determination #Hope #Trans #TransRights&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;(C) 2024-2026 Sky Starlight CC BY-NC-SA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;div id=&#34;cusdis&#34;/]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are people that want
  to take my right to live
  to erase people like me
  to force me to live in misery</p>

<p>I know they aren&#39;t all evil
  But they don&#39;t want to understand me
  And they do want to control me
  So how can I trust them?</p>

<p>Especially when
  They bully me into compliance
  Threaten me into hiding
  Force me to follow their rules</p>

<p>But one thing they will never do
is make me give up</p>

<p>I refuse</p>

<p>No matter what else they take from me
they will never take my hope
my will to fight</p>

<p>I refuse</p>

<p>When they try to smother me
    I will scream out louder</p>

<p>When they try to keep me down
    I will rise up stronger</p>

<p>When they try to break my spirit
    I will refuse to give up</p>

<p><a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Poetry" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:TouchTheClouds" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">TouchTheClouds</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Determination" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Determination</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Hope" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Hope</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Trans" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Trans</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:TransRights" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">TransRights</span></a>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>True to Myself</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[I&#39;m not a monster like they make me out to be&#xA;I&#39;m just trying to be true to myself, to be the real me&#xA;&#xA;I don&#39;t understand, I&#39;ve got a medical condition&#xA;It&#39;s called &#34;gender dysphoria&#34;, but they won&#39;t listen&#xA;to my cries, to my tears, no they just don&#39;t care&#xA;all they wanna do is lie and cheat and scare&#xA;They don&#39;t understand and they don&#39;t want to&#xA;The way people are, why they do the things they do&#xA;They call me selfish and a liar, say I&#39;m coming for your children&#xA;Then they try to ban proven science and call me a villain&#xA;Yeah, maybe I&#39;m a little selfish once in a while&#xA;but it&#39;s okay to do things for me, things that make me smile&#xA;I&#39;m not a monster like they make me out to be&#xA;I&#39;m just trying to be true to myself, to be the real me&#xA;&#xA;They call it &#34;chemical and physical mutilation&#34;, it makes me so mad!&#xA;Would they say the same thing to someone with cancer in their nads?&#xA;They insult the experts, call their work &#34;junk science&#34;&#xA;yet those people have proven time and again they&#39;ve earned our reliance&#xA;Do they really think I came to this idea on a whim one day?&#xA;Do they have any inkling how hard it is to be this way?&#xA;I take pills every day, injections every week&#xA;And I&#39;ve got millions of people shouting that I&#39;m a freak&#xA;I didn&#39;t ask to be this way, this isn&#39;t a choice&#xA;I just want to love my body, my face, my voice&#xA;Gender-affirming care isn&#39;t wrong, it saves lives&#xA;Did you know the percent of people happier for it is greater than 89?&#xA;I have a voice to speak, a stage on which I stand&#xA;so I want you to know, I want you to understand&#xA;there&#39;s nothing wrong with this, it&#39;s okay to be this way&#xA;no matter what those people out there say&#xA;I&#39;m not a monster like they make me out to be&#xA;I&#39;m just trying to be true to myself, I just want to love me&#xA;&#xA;I just want to be true to myself&#xA;I just want to love me&#xA;&#xA;#Poetry #Trans #TransRights #Political&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;(C) 2024-2026 Sky Starlight CC BY-NC-SA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;div id=&#34;cusdis&#34;/]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m not a monster like they make me out to be
I&#39;m just trying to be true to myself, to be the real me</p>

<p>I don&#39;t understand, I&#39;ve got a medical condition
It&#39;s called “gender dysphoria”, but they won&#39;t listen
to my cries, to my tears, no they just don&#39;t care
all they wanna do is lie and cheat and scare
They don&#39;t understand and they don&#39;t want to
The way people are, why they do the things they do
They call me selfish and a liar, say I&#39;m coming for your children
Then they try to ban proven science and call me a villain
Yeah, maybe I&#39;m a little selfish once in a while
but it&#39;s okay to do things for me, things that make me smile
I&#39;m not a monster like they make me out to be
I&#39;m just trying to be true to myself, to be the real me</p>

<p>They call it “chemical and physical mutilation”, it makes me so mad!
Would they say the same thing to someone with cancer in their nads?
They insult the experts, call their work “junk science”
yet those people have proven time and again they&#39;ve earned our reliance
Do they really think I came to this idea on a whim one day?
Do they have any inkling how hard it is to be this way?
I take pills every day, injections every week
And I&#39;ve got millions of people shouting that I&#39;m a freak
I didn&#39;t ask to be this way, this isn&#39;t a choice
I just want to love my body, my face, my voice
Gender-affirming care isn&#39;t wrong, it saves lives
Did you know the percent of people happier for it is greater than 89?
I have a voice to speak, a stage on which I stand
so I want you to know, I want you to understand
there&#39;s nothing wrong with this, it&#39;s okay to be this way
no matter what those people out there say
I&#39;m not a monster like they make me out to be
I&#39;m just trying to be true to myself, I just want to love me</p>

<p>I just want to be true to myself
I just want to love me</p>

<p><a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Poetry" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Trans" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Trans</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:TransRights" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:Political" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Political</span></a>
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      <guid>https://thepoetsky.com/true-to-myself</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Rose the Rainbow Mouse Supports Trans Rights</title>
      <link>https://thepoetsky.com/rose-the-rainbow-mouse-supports-trans-rights?pk_campaign=rss-feed</link>
      <description>&lt;![CDATA[A rainbow mouse smiling and waving a transgender pride flag.&#xA;&#xA;Yes, it&#39;s true, your favorite rainbow mouse (who will be returning in April) supports trans rights.&#xA;&#xA;If you too support trans rights, feel free to copy that pic around and share it.&#xA;&#xA;If you don&#39;t support trans rights, I recommend either changing that or getting off my site immediately.&#xA;&#xA;#RoseTheRainbowMouse #TransRights&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;(C) 2024-2026 Sky Starlight CC BY-NC-SA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;div id=&#34;cusdis&#34;/]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://i.snap.as/ughjfeeZ.png" alt="A rainbow mouse smiling and waving a transgender pride flag."/></p>

<p>Yes, it&#39;s true, your favorite rainbow mouse (who will be returning in April) supports trans rights.</p>

<p>If you too support trans rights, feel free to copy that pic around and share it.</p>

<p>If you don&#39;t support trans rights, I recommend either changing that or getting off my site immediately.</p>

<p><a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:RoseTheRainbowMouse" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">RoseTheRainbowMouse</span></a> <a href="https://thepoetsky.com/tag:TransRights" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">TransRights</span></a>
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      <guid>https://thepoetsky.com/rose-the-rainbow-mouse-supports-trans-rights</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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