The Summer
Citizen“You said you’d stay, and you promised
I finally see you out,
Why’d you wait for the summer to chew and spit me out?
I sit awake and wait impatiently
The same mistakes are waiting to be made”
The Summer
CitizenNEW SONG Citizen - The Summer
From their debut full length entitled “Youth” out on Run For Cover Records on June 11th.
Catholic school tells trans student he must wear girl's uniform or he won't walk at graduation
advocate.comSt. Pius X Catholic High School in Albuquerque color-codes graduation attire for its students based on gender: white caps and gowns for girls, black robes for boys.
Damien Garcia’s friends, family and teachers recognize him as a man. But because he’s transgender, his school says he must wear the graduation uniform designated for women or he won’t walk with his class.
The school superintendent told KRQE the school determines graduation dress code by the gender listed on the student’s birth certificate. Although Garcia’s birth certificate now contains his legal male name, his gender is still listed as female, since New Mexico requires a medical affidavit and proof of legal name change before amending gender on a birth certificate.
A pair of young Quaker brothers in Albuquerque heard about Garcia’s story and launched a petition on Change.org calling for St. Pius to let Garcia walk in men’s regalia for graduation. The petition, addressed to St. Pius principal Barbara Rothweiler, currently has more than 24,000 signatures.
Garcia’s family, who supports his male identity, said they don’t expect the parochial school to make an exception before graduation, but hope the school will consider doing away with gendered graduation gowns altogether in the future.
First off, what’s the benefit of having different graduation attire for men and women anyway? But more importantly, this is outrageous and hurtful in a lot of ways. Sign the petition and maybe the school will take note and wake up.
The Summer
CitizenThe Summer /// Citizen
The Summer
CitizenI sit awake and wait impatiently.
The same mistakes are waiting to be made.
The Summer
Citizen“The Summer” | Citizen
You said you’d stay, and you promised,
I finally see you out
Why’d you wait for the summer to chew and spit me out?
I sit awake and wait impatiently,
The same mistakes are waiting to be made
if you needed a sign
The sad truth is that
no one is going to
stop you on the street
and shake you until
your true potential spills out.
You’re going to have to do it yourself.
You may be young, full of love
(if only you knew where to give it!)
and talent
(if only you knew where to use it!)
and you will do yourself a great injustice
if you wait to live until
someone tells you to.
There is no hidden world where all
of your problems will go away.
The ”real world” that your parents swear
you’ll enter someday does not exist. There
are bills you may have to pay, there are
commitments you may have, but
above all, there is now.
Quit waiting until
you become someone else
before you
like yourself.
Kid, you put so much of your energy into
fighting to stay alive,
that you forgot
to live.
Don’t require yourself to
have a college degree,
new friends, a lover,
or live in a new city
before you allow yourself to be happy.
Decide what you would like to
bring into the world and then do it.
If you needed a sign,
this is it.
