Yeah, when I read the CrimethInc article I saw the footnote that the e-mail they received specified he/him pronouns, and I thought, “That’s a bit unusual for a military man, but obviously it’s quite welcome.” – and then I kept reading and I saw “LillyAnarKitty” and I thought, “💔”

And so I feel kind of torn. Ultimately he did ask to be referred to with he/him pronouns and by the name Aaron Bushnell, and so I’ve respected that, but a part of me thinks that that was only because he didn’t want to be remembered as a trans girl for the sake of other trans girls. To not have to hear news about one of our own dying, to not have media coverage distract from the potent image of a member of the armed forces self-immolating by focusing on that person being a trans girl. It’s pretty fucked but… Sigh.