Get Ready, Girl - We’re Goin’ Down! (Goodbye to All My Friends...)

The Scene: A lone airplane has been circling the airport for what seems like an eternity. No matter what the pilot says or does to comply with FAA Protocol, the Control Tower has refused to give clearance to land. Now, with her fuel practically spent, the pilot makes her final circuit around. She has only one more shot at lining up with the runway to make a safe landing. She radios the Tower one last time - and... and... ___That’s exactly where my life is today. After 8 months and over 100 job contacts that ended in rejection, my last unemployment check will arrive in less than 2 weeks. If I am not hired somewhere before that happens, I shall plummet in a free-fall to homelessness and utter destitution. Not a good place for a Trans-girl to be. ___But such is the toll a hostile society exacts upon those whom it has deemed as unworthy and less than human. What is my crime? I requested permission to Transition on the job.___I’ve made a few friends here in URNA. But over time, they, for the most part, have forgotten me and moved on. Life is hard for the not-so-pretty, the poor and the soldiers on the front lines fighting for freedom.___even the freedoms of those who don’t care...___Since I cannot continue paying for my Internet connection, it won’t be long before I completely drop out of sight here and elsewhere. But my efforts to stand for the full Liberation of ALL T-girls will go on. No matter how bad off my life gets. It is my all-consuming passion. My Mission in this life.___So goodbye for now, girlfriends. Will I rise again? I don’t know. Will I find my One True Love? I thought I had - but I think she’s gone away from me, too. ___So I brace myself, look over the landscape below, then tell myself, "This is really it. Get Ready, Girl - WE’RE GOIN’ DOWN!"___This is Nancy-Jo of Colorado Springs signing off.___LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION!!!___