Beardless

Journal

June 19, 2020

We are a nation beset with contradiction, united in theory but forever divided in fact.  Freedom, from the beginning, applied to white mostly Christian cisgendered men.  Though we work to progress to include all in the “All men are created equal” anthem Jefferson penned, we have the traditionalists who don’t want to give up white male dominance.

What happens to people like my transwife and me in a world of white male dominance?  Where do we fit in?

Before she came out, my spouse was as much my beard as the beard on his face was his cover, his beard was his beard, his beard was my beard.

Now that we’re both beardless, what happens to us?

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