I cannot fully express what this invitation has meant to me. I carried with me my mothers and aunties, the ancestors who were so that I could. I speak of Marsha P. Johnson, Queen Nanny, Danielle Revlon, Octavia St. Laurent, Crystal LaBeija, Sylvia Rivera, William Dorsey Swan, Avis Pendarvis, Angie Extravaganza, Dorian Corey, Renee Karan, and Venus Extravaganza. I speak of my sisters Alloura, Yolanda, Stacey, and China. Thank you, my beloved @davi.sapirogheiler and the entire @Brown Center for Students of Color Department at @brownu for hosting me! I am so eternally grateful to have shared space with you all 🙏🏾 🤎