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  1. Read Suicide Notes - Personal
  2.  
  3. Read suicide notes.
  4.  
  5. (know where and when it is appropriate to read or share)
  6.  
  7. When harmful bills are passed, it is time to share. When malicious debates are held, it is time to
  8. share. When authorities push cruelty onto a minority, it is time to share. But when a bigoted
  9. family member starts something at a family gathering? Depends. Ask them why they think that. Ask
  10. them who told them that. Tell them who told you otherwise, and why you believe your sources. Ask
  11. them how their life changes if certain things happen or do not happen. Ask them why they think other
  12. people's way of life are affecting their lives. Tell them why you think otherwise, why you trust
  13. your sources, and why you are skeptical of theirs.
  14.  
  15. ...
  16.  
  17. Read suicide notes.
  18.  
  19. (do what you can)
  20.  
  21. Much of the world is beyond our reach, but much is not all. Talk to family members, share in the act
  22. of empathizing with even the worst of your family members. View it not as giving bigots too many
  23. chances, but view it as an attempt to honor those who have passed by saving those who can still be
  24. saved. There will be many who turn around too late, expecting us to pat their backs, instead of
  25. berating them for the harms they have caused. But do what is necessary. Say what is needed.
  26. Prevention of escalation comes first, demand for atonement comes later.
  27.  
  28. ...
  29.  
  30. Read suicide notes.
  31.  
  32. (know who it would be most effective to share with)
  33.  
  34. Move. Go to places. Share with policy makers, red and blue alike. Stand in front of court houses.
  35. Preach, if you may. Cry, if you must. Go to where the news would be. Go to where policies are
  36. passed. Go to where people discuss others as if they are the abstract. Go to where you can, and go
  37. to where you're needed. But, be wary if you are invited. Go to those with faith. Go to those with
  38. money. Go to those with fame. Not all will understand. Spend energy seeking those who do. Speak pass
  39. the gatekeepers, so that those enclosed in their own spheres hear the suffering of others.
  40.  
  41. ...
  42.  
  43. Read suicide notes.
  44.  
  45. (try and share stories most personal to you)
  46.  
  47. Tell them about your friends who are trans. Tell them about the movies they watched, the games they
  48. played, the stories they liked. Tell them about the music they made, the art they drew, the things
  49. they coded. Tell them about your coworkers who are trans. Tell them about the work they did, the
  50. people they dealt with, the drinks they drank after hours. Tell them about your family members. Tell
  51. them about the lives they lead, the trips they planned, and the dreams they held.
  52.  
  53. ...
  54.  
  55. Read suicide notes.
  56.  
  57. (failing that, share stories most relevant to the person/people you're reading to)
  58.  
  59. Understand. There will be a story that touches the heart, if not of the person spoken to, then of
  60. the people surrounding and listening. Do not read to them as if they are the opposition or the
  61. masses. Read to them as if they are fellow gardeners, footballers, or tabletop roleplayers. Read to
  62. them as if they are fellow men struggling with loneliness, parents with lack of money and free time,
  63. or small, local business owners facing the harsh economic climate. Read stats, and understand them.
  64. Know your audience. Ask if you are likely to meet gardeners among those listening. If so, share a
  65. story of someone who gardens. Ask if you are likely talking to a small business owner. If so, share
  66. a story of another business, perhaps one with an employer, or employee, who just happened to be
  67. trans. Ask if you are likely to see tabletop roleplayers. If so, share stories of adventures, real
  68. or fictional. Break the illusion that we are not them and they are not us.
  69.  
  70. ...
  71.  
  72. Read suicide notes.
  73.  
  74. (instructions)
  75.  
  76. 1. Know your audience.
  77. 2. For the family bigot, ask them who told them what, ask them how it affects them.
  78. 3. Go where people are, where bigots might be. Speak so everyone hears.
  79. 4. Be personal: talk about things they liked and did.
  80. 5. Be relatable: talk about things they did that your audience also does.
  81.  
  82. ...
  83.  
  84. Read suicide notes.
  85.  
  86. (more complex instructions)
  87.  
  88. 1. Know your audience. Are you talking to a bigoted family member, or are you talking to someone in
  89. a position of power? Are you speaking so they hear, or so those around them hear?
  90. 2. Inquiry into the sources of beliefs, and actual effects of policies, is enough for the former.
  91. 3. Go where they are. Speak at court houses, in front of churches, in places anticipating news.
  92. But be wary if they invite you. Speak pass the gatekeepers, let the followers hear.
  93. 4. Be personal: talk about friends' favorite activities, family members' planned trips, coworkers'
  94. relations and achievements.
  95. 5. Be relatable: tell stories of parents to parents, tell stories of tabletop players to tabletop
  96. players, tell stories of business owners to business owners.
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