We Have Always Been Here
As they marched Jean to the stake
They said her sins the flames would take
For she would not recant her ways
Her armor used to fuel the blaze
Nineteen hundreds Germany
Had gender affirming surgery
Yet Nazis rejected Hirschfeld’s claims
His books and research put to flames
Try to erase us with your fire
Burn us - we will only rise up higher
Try to make us disappear
Despite your pyres, we persevere
From Akkadian priests and Elagabalus
To Jorgensen and Johnson with her Stonewall Riots
We claim proud and loud and without fear
We have always been – and always will be – here