{"id":5487,"date":"2023-05-12T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2024-07-10T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:24:05","slug":"my-mom-got-a-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/fr\/2023\/05\/12\/my-mom-got-a-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma m\u00e8re s'est fait tatouer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5487\" class=\"elementor elementor-5487\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-651da17c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"651da17c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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elementor-repeater-item-5b276ce\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/fr\/2023\/05\/12\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>mai 12, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74cd1ae0 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74cd1ae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_translateX_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:142,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-53,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">My mom got a tattoo<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-354f8b57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"354f8b57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23e0a419\" data-id=\"23e0a419\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ff185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9ff185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">When I first showed my most authentic self to my mother, she didn\u2019t quite know how to process this kind of news.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a958d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11a958d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.27px;\">\u00a0I\u2019d always used my clothes and hair to express myself. My sisters would paint my nails, my mother would let me pick whatever temporary hair color I wanted from the Walmart hair salon. I even dressed in \u2018\u2019girl\u2019s clothes\u2019\u2019 for most of my time in high school. While the school administration gave me a hard time, my mother always encouraged me. <strong>That is until I loudly reclaimed my girlhood &#8211; that is until I firmly reclaimed a name that resonated with me.<\/strong> She was stuck between her own personal beliefs, and a marriage that wouldn\u2019t let her call the shots whenever she wanted to. In a sense, she was the messenger, not the sender.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38e3a609\" data-id=\"38e3a609\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b11667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b11667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-5-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5501\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-5-1.png 500w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-5-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-5-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-5-1-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8883fea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8883fea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43c1d11d\" data-id=\"43c1d11d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69658400 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69658400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first time I got kicked out, I left without being told to leave. Most discussions ended in a shouting match. I was called a name and pronouns that weren\u2019t mine. In a way, the outside world seemed much more accommodating. Did that really leave me a choice? But when I got tired of telling a new couch good night every week, I came back.<\/p><p>The second time I got kicked out of the familial home, it was through my mother that my father and my extended family sent the message. I could see the powerlessness in her eyes the morning she delivered the news. I can\u2019t say a part of me isn\u2019t still mad at her to this day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2aab19b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2aab19b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e3472e\" data-id=\"9e3472e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac6ff79 elementor-blockquote--button-skin-bubble elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-view-icon-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"ac6ff79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"My presence was a gift that came with many restrictions.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Sahar (she\/her)<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%22My+presence+was+a+gift+that+came+with+many+restrictions.%22+%E2%80%94+Sahar+%28she%2Fher%29&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fitgetsbettercanada.org%2F2023%2F05%2F12%2Fmy-mom-got-a-tattoo%2F\" class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-button\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-label\">Tweet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ec1f2d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ec1f2d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-563ad955\" data-id=\"563ad955\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49abfcac elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49abfcac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this, she knew she would only be able to see me every other month. Each time she wanted to learn more about the people around me, she was eager to talk to them. This was unlike years of distance between us where \u2018\u2019staying over at a friend\u2019s house to study\u2019\u2019 was an unwritten agreement of silence between us. My presence was a gift that came with many restrictions. And over the next few years <\/span>of me living outside of the confines of the nuclear family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she caught a glimpse of me stepping into whoever I was at the time. <strong>At age 66, she got her first tattoo.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58b2f6eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58b2f6eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63df0973\" data-id=\"63df0973\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78528c59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78528c59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: left; color: #5b5b5b; letter-spacing: -0.27px;\">In her own words, she told me she\u2019d been inspired by my reclaiming my autonomy in any way I could. She started speaking openly about her husband\u2019s <strong>mistreatment, about her need to emancipate,<\/strong> and soon after the pandemic started she was out of the house. She moved in with a trans man in his late 20\u2019s and started living life like a young queer person who just moved to their first apartment. The first time she left the family home was to get married, and the last was when the <strong>Lebanese civil war<\/strong> intensified. In a way this was her first time living with a friend in the big city. <strong>She was the Little Prince she tattooed on her right arm.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cca98a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cca98a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c81e7ed\" data-id=\"6c81e7ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aa06fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9aa06fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-6.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-6.png 500w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-6-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-6-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42768334\" data-id=\"42768334\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b58a765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b58a765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They would smoke weed, compare recipes and go on nature walks. He is Syrian and she is Lebanese, and while whose food was better was always a debate, there was no competition when it came to her spaghetti. They had late night smoke sessions, became each other\u2019s confidants, broke some pandemic rules and supported each other through a couple of bad trips and anxiety attacks. Reader I\u2019m breaking it to you now &#8211; there is no surprise ending &#8211; my mother is very much a woman and very much likes men. <strong>And yet she shares with a lot of young queer folks a unique tale of kinship through 2020.<\/strong><\/p><div>Although her roommate was years into his transition and assumed to be a cis man by most &#8211; he had never really told his family his real name. Without my knowledge, <strong>she coached him to stand up for himself and not compromise his truth with his own family.<\/strong> I wonder where she learned that from?\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d034e3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d034e3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54f40a64\" data-id=\"54f40a64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d93365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66d93365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And just like myself, came a time where she spread her wings and moved into a small dwelling in an apartment complex. When I visited her the week after her move, she already introduced me to everyone in the building and had volunteered to teach French to the lady who cleaned the block. And for the next year we spent some of the best moments together. <strong>We shared bits and pieces of our life we never felt safe to before.<\/strong> I learned family secrets that explained why my transness was such a trigger for many. We fell asleep watching Crip Camp, and horror movies and ritually met up under the oven light for late night snacks. We even fought a couple of ghosts together<\/p><p>My mother was always suffering with intense chronic pain, illnesses doctors never seem to care for. And while her medication got better over the years,<strong> it was the first time I saw so much vitality in her, and she started to dream again.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><div><div>Last year, my mother, her roommate and myself left for Europe for 6 weeks. We saw many cities and went on some terrifying hikes. When I saw the marvel in her eyes, overlooking the Mediterranean sea, I learned that I had decades upon decades to fulfill my dreams. I learned that sometimes you have to accept years of distance before things get better. <strong>That we hold on to belief systems we think keep us safe, but actually hold us back.<\/strong><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>In a way that was her transition, and she didn\u2019t let her age dictate her process. Finally I can tell her now for the first time: <strong>Happy Mother\u2019s Day.<\/strong><\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114a0656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"114a0656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-91ab0c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"91ab0c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-18a5781b\" data-id=\"18a5781b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3314d7b2 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3314d7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sahar (she\/her) is a queer Lebanese trans woman who was 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https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/indigeneity-online-9-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/indigeneity-online-9-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/indigeneity-online-9-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/indigeneity-online-9-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/fr\/2025\/12\/03\/platforms-and-portraits\/\">\n\t\t\t\tPlatforms and Portraits: How I Built a Queer, Disabled Life Online And Fought to Reclaim It\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Artist Liam Mackenzie shares a vulnerable story of how online spaces provided a vital bridge to community, creativity, and voice as a queer, disabled person and how that same connection was tested by a wave of anonymous threats. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-14488 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-queer-musings tag-transgender\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/fr\/2025\/11\/11\/milestones-that-matter\/\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/newsletter-graphics-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14511\" alt=\"Milestone that matter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/newsletter-graphics-4.png 1200w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/newsletter-graphics-4-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/newsletter-graphics-4-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/newsletter-graphics-4-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/newsletter-graphics-4-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/fr\/2025\/11\/11\/milestones-that-matter\/\">\n\t\t\t\tMilestones that matter &#8211; A trans masc story\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>From first haircut to voice changes, this story will tug on your heartstrings. Community member Alexander shares his deeply relatable experiences with three key moments in his trans-masc journey, offering wisdom and hope to others on a similar path. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-14358 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-uncategorized tag-news\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/fr\/2025\/09\/29\/it-gets-better-canada-launches-new-app\/\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Learn-Interact-grow.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14345\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itgetsbettercanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Learn-Interact-grow.png 1280w, 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