At an impasse

My EP in dedication to Kate Fox reached a point of completion months back, but then stalled while I focused on other projects, and now, coming back to it... I'm not sure if I should release it. my mindset on it has changed into one of deep uncertainty.

A few reasons:
- it's called "Transcending", and the EP's artwork, as it is currently, makes heavy use of pink and blue - it's even kind of arranged in the flag's pattern. I did this a short while ago and looking back on it now I feel like this is tone-deaf misappropriation of a political icon. the amount of grief her passing caused was immense, but is still, if I'm honest with myself, no excuse for me to believe I have free rein to do whatever I like, especially when it comes to the use of a flag's colors. I should probably just... think of something else. I dunno. do I even *need* art? I will for Bandcamp but what the heck would it be. how do you sum all these feelings up in an image...
- I'm always and forever an ally of the transgender community - which I hope is abundantly clear - but as a cishet straight male I realise I don't really have business making any kind of commentary, even if all I'm doing is trying to sum up my feelings on one person who went through these issues. these issues were kind of at the root of all her troubles, but is it any business of mine to sing about them?
- I want to share these songs to a wider audience so people can get a feel for what I do when I write SONGS, but I also feel like maybe all the things I've written could also be better left unpublished. it's deeply personal and sensitive.  then again... music's SUPPOSED to move, isn't it?
- I believe that the loss of a best friend is a subject that should be touched on in only the most appropriate way possible, and frankly... I don't know if the EP lives up to the standards I set. I have no way of knowing if the music I've written is "good". if it would bear repeat listens. if it would be received well at all, and if it would be another worthy piece in my catalogue.
- I will, inevitably, be receiving comments on my singing voice. long story short: despite all the practice, I know I'm still not the best. I'm fully prepared to get torn to shreds, especially by those who've not heard me sing before. or by those who have. frankly I feel like there hasn't been a *huge* improvement since 2014's Rainbow Season EP and we all know how well THAT turned out

still on the "to do" list is for me to create a short "Acknowledgements" track - a purely spoken word track that will be at the end of the EP's tracklist and explain my reasoning for creating the music. the lyrics touch on the issue of becoming one's true self/something different, but they're not REALLY the focus - for me, the focus is my relationship with her and the type of person she was. but this still feels like something I should be careful with. it's such a heavy issue and there's so much to unpack, and I could potentially have missed the mark disastrously. my worst nightmare would be to make a terribly misinformed musical statement, especially as an outsider to the whole issue, and to essentially speak ill of the dead. I don't want to be "that one cis asshole singing about trans issues like he knows what he's talking about". or even worse "that cis guy who sings about dead trans people". in the absolute worst case scenario I know I could be attracting this kind of attention. this is the internet after all and the benefit of the doubt died long ago.

so... should I postpone it, keep it hidden, or just shove it out there. do people actually want to listen to it? I feel like the songs are decent, perhaps not my best, but again, I have no way of knowing. releasing it would lay those demons to rest one way or the other. but on the other hand, are there serious potential risks involved in something this personal?

here's the artwork, for reference: https://i.imgur.com/1SkDtx7.png