Good morning everyone. This is Tuck. It is 8.30 a.m. Pacific time on election day. I just sort of rolled out of bed and into my closet to say

hi standing sounds hard so I just took the mic off the stand and I'm holding it so you may hear some

mic handling noises. I don't have much to say to you I just wanted to say hello

I know this is a really big day

for people in the United States

for people all over the world

not to be narcissistic about America I've just. It's a big deal in other places too.

And I think something that makes today even harder for me is that there's not an outcome that feels like unequivocally good PM for our communities.

Obviously there's outcomes that make us feel incredibly bad and scared but even the best outcome is sort of just fine, right?

It's not like, hooray, my life will be good now.

It's just like, oh, okay, I guess there's one less thing to actively panic about at every waking moment, perhaps.

That said, there are more trans people running this year than in any year in history and I've

been thinking a lot about how wild it is to hear cis people talk about like how much

representation there is for trans people now as if trans people have ever been you know represented in

literally any system of power ever in United States history and I know

politics isn't everything but I do enjoy seeing trans people in any political office or any position of power because I don't know how else we're going to get basic human rights or be seen as

competent people if we don't start being represented in in places other than

television.

And I know that political representation

doesn't fix everything, like look at Barack Obama.

But I don't know, I just, we could use some structural power you know

Anyway, I wanted to remind you that the trans lifeline exists and you can call them at any time Trevor Project exists if you are an LGBTQ youth.

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