We will still be here

We will still be here

There’s a transgender flag safety-pinned to the flap of my Speedo backpack. It’s resided there for four years now, battered by the everyday wear and tear of my busy schedule. I think I acquired it from a UNI Proud tabling event, but it’s been there so long that now I can’t really remember. In my mind, it’s a very casual sign of solidarity to transgender Panthers. But as our world, and our state grows increasingly hostile towards transgender Iowa…