Come See Me In The Good Light is a soul roadmap for trans people under Trump

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Come See Me In The Good Light is a soul roadmap for trans people under Trump

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Opinion by Daniela "Dani" Capistrano (28 Jan 2025)

Trans people have always been here, and we have always found ways to transmute our grief and rage into something beautiful. In the Sundance world premiere of the Tig Notaro-produced Come See Me in the Good Light, poet Andrea Gibson's own rebellious legacy puts the spotlight on this comforting truth.

Before director Ryan White's documentary, I had never heard of Gibson, the charming queer nonbinary poet laureate and cancer survivor from Calais, Maine, whom their partner (fellow poet Megan Fally) calls "the gay James Dean."

Andrea's poetry has a unifying message: you must feel all your feelings in order to grow and heal, even when it's hard. How you process your emotions is key to surviving and thriving, despite this world not being designed for us.

Trans stories do save trans lives and representation matters. I am living proof, and so is Andrea, a survivor of the ovarian cancer that they continue to fight, and of a country and a current administration that doesn't recognize our humanity.

Trans immortality flourishes through the opposite of generational trauma: generational healing. It is our birthright in a world that doesn't want us to exist.

And through our own writing, art, and stories for all screens, we create possibility models of trans humor, strength, and hope that can shine bright, everlasting.