tomorrow i am going to prom with my best friend, wearing my first men’s suit for the first time behind my parents’ back (which his transfemme parent gifted me). thank you for giving me hope and showing me these smiling faces. i will make it out of here.
@@WrabelOfficial I swear I won't flood you with comments. But I did want to say that this song has been so relevant to me. I'm trans fem, and I grew up in a religious unaffirming family. I cry every single time I hear this song. Somehow it hurts, but it's also incredibly healing to me to have a song that gets my experience but also tells me that I'm ok as I am. So that's why I wanted to say thank you.
I’m a trans girl, I hate the fact I’m so lucky to have a supportive family and be in Australia, my heart goes out to all the trans youth and elders in America and around the world were they can’t be themselves. Keep fighting and keep changing the world 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Do not hate that you are safe and loved. It is a good and right thing. You give us hope. Do not take your own joy away because of someone else's cruelty
@@sailing_ships600this 100%. Im so happy that your experience was positive, but it destroys me when i see young people making the transition and have to feel horrible because of friends/family.
@@sailing_ships600this. We are so happy for folks who don’t have to deal with this. As long as people understand that gatekeeping transness isn’t cool when so many can’t access their basic needs, they’re my friend. 💜
Four years ago, a young teenager sat in their room, listening to this. They were scared then. They didn't understand why they felt so wrong in their body, why they couldn't be like the other girls their age. Four years ago, a young teenager found this song, and wept when they realized they weren't broken or wrong. Three years ago, a teenager asked their parents for the first time to go by a different name, and cried when they were told "no". Three years ago, a teenager tried to cope with the feeling of not being enough in any way they could. Some ways hurt. Some ways saved them. None of these ways were known to their parents. Two years ago, a teenager got together the strength to go by their true name in all the places they loved most. Two years ago, a teenager learned that they could still be loved even as the sum of all their strange and disconnected parts. One year ago, a teenager sat in their room again, writing. They wanted to see more people like them in media, more people who were fractured and shattered but still beautiful. They wanted to see more people who had made themselves up again from shards of glass and pain and confused ideas of the self. They wanted to see themself reflected back on every page. Today, a young adult listened to this song again. They cried as they listened, remembering all the shadows of their past self who had cried and screamed and hurt because of who they were. They saw their pain, their love, their joy, their rage, glowing back at them from the screen of their phone. This song saved me. This song is the one that found me when I was at my most broken point, when I had been torn apart and had no idea what to do with the fragments of me that remained. I'm eighteen now, a young adult in the most technical sense of the word. I'm living the best life I can, under the circumstances of being an eighteen-year-old queer person in Small Town, America. I get to go to college, and play dungeons and dragons with my friends, and act in musicals and plays. All of these are things fourteen-year-old me never thought I would live to do. I hadn't thought I would make it a day past fifteen. And then sixteen came, and seventeen, and suddenly I was living the life I wanted, for me, and only me. And I was finally myself, queer and beautiful and proud of who I was. I didn't feel like a poser, or a fraud, or a fake, and I reveled in that. To whoever is reading this: you are loved. Somewhere, out there, is someone who loves you. Because I love you. So live with that love, every day of your life. It is yours to live with, yours to keep, yours to nurture or abandon. But it is there for you. So live with it, and grow to be proud of yourself.
Im becoming a young adult in 3 months, hopefully I will finally be able to start E. I love this comment though, stay strong. Although I just found this song today, It still made me emotional. I loved reading your story, and how this song basically saved you. Music can be so strong.
To be writing this at 18 is a success, and an enormous reflection of strength and vulnerability. It took me until 23 to leave home and go off to find safety. And a few more years later to find stability and leave religion and grow. It's a tragedy, of course, that we both experienced things we shouldn't have had to, and yet it's a success because you got to experience that younger than I did. And hopefully the people that come after you will learn it sooner. And soon we won't have to deal with what it's like to come out as an adult, because one day, that won't matter. Here's to the rest of our lives, being ourselves. Freer than we ever thought at 8 or 10 or 16.
i started listening to the original version of this song in high school and it brought me so much comfort and catharsis. now, as an adult medically transitioning dating a partner just like me, i can listen to this with a whole new perspective. its so beautiful, and its great to hear it again. i hope anyone seeing this knows they will make it too. thanks, wrabel. and thank you to my trans brothers and sisters no matter what situation youre in. we are stronger together, i love you.
I just found this song today, but it still made me emotional. its impressive what music can do. Stay strong, and keep your partner happy. We all deserve happiness.
Man, that first clip really hit. I'm not trans myself but I know how many amazing people we would lose if bills like that are allowed to be signed. It's incredibly important to take care of and watch out for each other, and that's what the LGBTQIA+ community does best. Happy Pride to anyone watching, and drink your water if you plan on going out for Pride! I'm not having any of you get heat exhaustion.
The original version of this song saw many tears and replays during my years as a transmasc teenager. I did not expect this version to make my adult self start sobbing, but here we are
About 3 years ago, when I thought my son was my daughter, he introduced me to this song. And he watched me listen to it, gauging my reaction. Your music, this song, opened an opportunity for me to fully know my child. There are no words to express my gratitude. 💕🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💕
@@arsoncat2146 at the risk of sounding prideful, I agree. I really don’t get how a parent could be any different. My son is so much more than trans. And every single thing about him is just wonderful.
@@JenniLynn1218you only sound prideful about your son, tnank you for being so supportive of your son, my mom is very supportive but my dad was transphobic and it's really painful to think of that
I couldn’t even make it past the intro without weeping. It’s so hard sometimes knowing the world may never understand. Having each-other in the community and holding each-other up is the true gift in life 🫶🏼 We are all so precious and deserve to feel that way!
Someone in the chorus looks so much like a friend of mine, I thought it was him for a second likeI always dp before I remember he committed suicide last year. Miss you so much, Parker. As a queer person older than him, I wish every day I could have been there for him while he struggled. This song always makes me cry. From you local transmasc boy, Thank You
may our brother rest in peace. i did not know him but his absence hurts me, i cannot imagine how you must feel. there are so many of us that never got to live to see things like these. it will never stop haunting me how many of are dead, how many of us die. ❤️🏳️⚧️🤟
You are all so talented. I've already cried twice today- it is so HARD being trans, trying to convince my own brain there's nothing wrong with me, let alone some random rich a-hole who wants to legislate our rights away- and I just cried for a third time. Y'all are so talented, and beautiful. Every one of you. I'm proud to be trans, as hard as it is. Live Proud.
Don’t try to convince your brain that your wrong, your life is more important than some random asses money and views, you are who you are and you will continue to be that version of yourself till the day you die. Keep going 🏳️⚧️
I first heard this song when I was 15 at christian summer camp. My closeted trans friend was sharing her earbuds with me and played it, and even though I hadn’t figured out my identity at the time I remember just how much it affected me. It wasn’t long after that when I accepted that I am trans, but 5 years later and I’m still not out publicly. My current life circumstances make it unsafe to come out irl and be fully myself, and the political climate here in the us just keeps getting more tense. This song has been a beacon of hope in several of the darkest moments of my life, and this version of it is absolutely beautiful.
Fuck. I remember listening to this song constantly before I came out as trans(6 1/2 years ago now!) and it was one of the only things that got me through the darkest time in my life. It made me feel less alone, and as a scared kid in a conservative small town, I needed that so desperately. I may not have gotten all the symbolism at 12/13 years old, but listening to this now it hits so deep with my inner child. I'm proud to report that I made it to that light at the end of my very dark tunnel! I am a proud trans masculine person and this song is one of the reasons I am still here today. So thank you, Wrabel
This song means so much to me. I came out to my parents as trans last November and we’ve spoken of it so little. My friends, though, I feel have been a lot more supportive. I can talk to my friends easier than my parents. This song hits hard, knowing that my siblings may not approve. Thank you, Wrabel, for this song
Didn't expect "the Village" to make me cry today. But here I am laying on the floor of my room and bawling my eyes out like I did three years ago when I couldn't lie to myself about being trans any longer.
Absolutely gorgeous. I came out as a trans man a few months back, and while my family has been nothing but supportive (even taking me to my first pride) I know that most of the world - the rest of the village - is not. The Village has been a comfort song for me for years before I even recognized myself, and I can only hope it helps others to see themselves too. It’s scary being so young and having the village against you, but I know that one day the young men like myself won’t have to hide who they are, in their own homes or out of them. One page of the bible isn’t worth a life. ❤
I really needed this right now. We live in such a flawed society with views that are set to limit our existence and to silence us, but we can rise above it as a people.
Never let people put you down and diminish your existence, your being yourself and that’s what matters, keep fighting and make yourself stronger and happier everyday 🏳️⚧️
Same here, brother. Found this song first in my middle school years coming out, and I am now in highschool. Truly moved me to tears. It is so beautiful. Stay strong!!
We will surpass all that holds us down, everyone will come to accept that we are here to stay. Not one person that was put on earth should be ashamed of themselves ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I just sent this to a close friend who got out of Oklahoma from an abusive and deeply religious family. Shes safe and trasitioning in a welcoming state now. This echos so much from what shes told me. I live in a safe state and have all the support i could ever need. But i meed to extend that to her, to support those who dont have the same support that i do. As i type this, she messaged me back and thanked me, said shes crying. Support those who need it, family doesnt just mean blood. Lets make the world a better place, be another light in the darkness
I remember laying upstairs in my grandparents bed while sobbing so hard i couldn't breathe, I couldn't see, listening to this on loop. I was thirteen, and i'd just figured it out. I thought I'd have to run away. I thought I'd have to die. I thought that for years after. I never thought I'd make it out of the fear i was in, out of the cruelty of knowing that I was someone I would never get to be. But in March, this year, I'm 19. My name is Cameron. I am in love with a guy who is in love with me. I am his boyfriend, through and through and through. I certainly never thought that was gonna happen. I am still scared. I know how many more challenges there are for me now to access hrt. But..I'm here. I had every reason to leave over the years, and I tried. But i'm here. and that's enough to be proud of.
More than enough, brother. You're 19 and some days it feels like you're a million years old already. I know. But trust me when I say, at 30+, shit is just beginning. There are ways around barriers. There are holes in every wall, even if you have to drill it yourself. You may not know how to do it now, but the resources are out there somewhere. Not accessible as they ought to be. But you can find and make a life worth living. For now, sounds like you've come a long ass way and some of your story mirrors those of ppl I know. They made it and they're pleased as punch in their own skin. 🎉
I’m crying this is so beautiful. I’m a trans fem dealing with Dhyshoria and I’m basically too scared to transition. Social Anxiety, and fear of change (even if it’s good) have screwed me over.
At some point you’ll learn how to be yourself truly, no matter how long it takes we all hope you get through these trials and come out as yourself 💜🏳️⚧️
I cannot express how beautiful it is to see so many trans people come together and sing this beautiful piece, especially with how many of them are older trans individuals, its just so so so nice to see.
This song always makes me feel so emotional and cared for. Hearing so many more trans people singing in it as well it’s even more powerful. The parts where different people from the choir look up at the camera make it feel like they’re all singing to me and it feels like the biggest hug 💝🫂
nearly two years ago, a little boy sat in his room crying with a blade to his throat. the cuts on his wrists had already turned into scars. nearly two years ago, the boy sobbed through random songs and just as he was about to dig the blade into his skin, a new one flooded through his headphones. his hands dropped. he wept harder, but this time it wasn’t because he was hopeless. it was because he was finally seen, finally heard. a year and a half ago, the boy screamed and writhed on the floor of the hospital. the nurses stood by and watched with disgust. a little over a year ago, the boy sat silently weeping on a new therapist’s couch, his parents beside him, as they yet again refused his begging for his name to be heard. the session ended and he walked out, strode into the classroom-like space, and played the song that saved him. almost a year ago, the boy cried again as he waved goodbye to the people that changed his life, into the car to see home for the first time in almost half a year. he started playing the song that saved him during the car ride, his newfound haven whizzing by. today, that boy sobs again at the same song- out of grief, out of love, out of hope, out of unity. today, that boy is surrounded by people who accept him. today, that boy is alive because of that song.
So Many Fucking People finally being happy in their skin because they made the journey and Still a major part of the population doesn't get it. I mean, I don't get it! Why do some people think they know better? Why can't we just 'be' without having to overexplain and argue about something? To project one's character onto others is a hobby of too many and I'm tired.
Unfortunately, because it's not about the people being vilified. Trans people, immigrants, communists... the status quo can only sustain itself when it has an enemy to point people at. Patriarchy wants us to believe that men are the "natural" leaders, women are "naturally" subservient caretakers. Trans people show the whole idea is optional, and that terrifies the people who currently benefit from and RELY on the status quo to maintain their privilege.
This song was on repeat in my freshman year. I'm so happy to see it become even more beautiful. Seeing happy trans people and older trans folks makes me remember there is hope for me too.
Seeing representation of older trans people made me cry. it's hard to believe that queer people can live long, fulfilling lives when we don't see it represented. remember, no matter what it may seem like, you're not alone and you can make it!!!
This is absolutely gorgeous-made me cry! I'm a cis lesbian, and will ALWAYS have a tremendous amount of love & respect for the trans, nonbinary, gender fluid, two-spirit, and genderqueer communities. Happy Pride Month, lovely people.
I went from a scared 14 year old locked in a house with bible verses being screamed at me to an almost 25 year old who's married and well into my transition slowly nurturing that scared hurt child deep in my soul. I didn't think I'd make it here, I didn't expect to make it to 18. Life is scary when you didn't plan you're future because you were so sure you didn't have one to plan for. But its worth it, I promise it'll be worth it. I know 14 year old me didn't think so, and 17 year old me couldn't see it. But I'm here now to let them all know that we made it.
i realized i was trans early on in my teenage years. my parents both follow and worship trump like he's a damn god and since i'm nearing 18, i'm about to get out of here. when i first discovered this song when i was, likely 13, i didn't realize the message. all i knew at the time was that this song, *this song*, made me happy. it made me not wish to die because it made me realize that there's others like me. there's others who aren't happy with their bodies or voices or assigned sex. it gave me the confidence to look up the symptoms of what i was feeling and it gave me the confidence to come out to my friends and family. while i'm not supported by any close family, i have several chosen family members who i've decided to dedicate myself to. i like to say it was all thanks to this song. this song started it all. seeing it sung by the trans chorus, something i wanted to try and be a part of back when i lived in the palm springs area, made my heart burst and my eyes well up with tears. it made me feel the same way i felt four years ago when i first heard the song. thank you
This is one of the few songs that can bring me to tears almost instantly. It's truly a beautiful piece of art Thank you to Wrabel and the Trans Choir of Los Angeles and the production teams and camera crew and everyone who made this possible You are loved no matter what 🤍🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month!!
this gives me more hope than I can even begin to describe. look at all these people, beautiful, strong, powerful and vulnerable. They deserve the world and maybe, by thinking that about other trans people, I'll start believing in it for myself too. This is a piece of art
this song kept me company through the beginning of my transition in high school, and genuinely helped me live through a time when i felt the world around me was hostile and didn't want me to live. those years were the worst of my life. i'm now almost five years graduated, most of the way through a university degree, with two amazing partners (t4t4t
suddenly im transported back to my 12 year old self, sobbing and crying as my parents scream at me. things arent fixed today, but this song told me since day one, there is nothing wrong with me. i'm trans and its okay. theres a day waiting for me where i will be myself freely. thank you wrabel
Seeing all these trans people happy being their true selves, especially the older folks gives me hope that I will be able to grow old and be happy in my own skin❤️🏳️⚧️
Skin is so much less a Flesh Prison once you're able to craft yourself to be how you want. I wish you a happy aging process stranger. May it be magical 🎉
So grateful my choir got the chance to collaborate with TCLA! I really, really wish you were local, and you all are amazing people. I'm glad I got the chance to meet you all, even if half of us were out sick for the concert. I hope to see you back in 2028 and collaborate again. Much love from Colorado!
6 years ago I was a sad, alone, and confused 14 year old. 6 years ago I cried for the first time listening to a song. 6 years ago I realized I wasn't alone. That there were others dealing with the same thing. That everything will get better. I have no idea how to describe just how much this song means to me. Thank you Wrabel.
I'm not even Transgender, but I always found this song incredibly powerful and beautiful. I believe the sentence "One page of the Bible isn't worth a life." resonates with most Queer people. I'm glad to have discovered you at a young age and to see you still fight for our cause all those years later. As a Bisexual and Demiromantic woman, I feel very grateful to (Queer) artists who protect LGBTQIA+ rights. And I feel both happy and touched to see all those Transgender people sing alongside you. Thank you Wrabel, from the bottom of my heart.
thank you, I really needed the reminder that being happy in your own skin is possible. It gives me so much hope for myself to see so many happy trans people.
Man today is the anniversary (for lack of a better term) of my brothers' deaths. I never had the chance to come out to them, I was planning on telling them a week from this day back in 2019. They were the only family I had at the time that I could honestly say I cared about. I was terrified to tell them, and now I live with the uncertainty of what would have happened if I had told them I was transgender. It's the one thought that keeps me up at night, considering everyone else in my life that I told either disregards and disrespects me, or flat out left. I recently got in touch with my twin brother's best friend from Japan, who brought me a sense of comfort when he told me that my twin had once written him a letter that said he only wished people never felt the need to hide who they are. This song brought back all those memories of the moment that fear washed away. It's like my brothers are reassuring me their love is unconditional.
@@henryhyde8939 Civilian or hauler? Civilian being pickup, hauler being semi. If hauler, that is further proof we need an extra lane on every highway or road that is only for semis.
This is so beautiful. Trans voices literally coming together as one but in song. We can make it through together. We can speak out and resist the oppression. We can persevere and live. We can make it through. Have strength everyone. You are not illegal. We exist and we’re not going away. You belong.
My junior year of high school, my English class was specifically called Social Issues and Social Justice. One part of this was that every Thursday, we'd listen to a song that pertained to a social issue and answer questions about it. Some days my teacher would pick it, but he'd always try to get students to submit songs on their own. I submitted The Village. This teacher knew I was queer, but not that I was trans. A few of the queer kids, myself included, were silently sobbing the whole time. I even saw my teacher's eyes well up a bit.
This song is by far my favorite due to how much its helped me over the past year, especially helping me through coming out to my mom even if it went horribly and she only started arguing with me and tried using it against me to tell me she was hurt that I was trans, but I did have my friends and some peers who helped me feel better after. Even though I'm still having a rough time in life due to mot being able to be out to most of my family and knowing that some will never accept me and two will hate me for it, everytime I find this song again, I smile and feel better even if its only a small bit. I'm just glad that we aren't alone in all of this and there's hope thanks to the communities we have, or even just people we have.
wasn't expecting to cry this morningl down here in san diego about to google if there's any shows i can drive up to! thank you so much for this beautiful performance, thank you so much for existing so publicly. happy pride, friends ❤
We do concerts in April/May and December of each year, and coming up we’re performing at a whole bunch of pride events around the LA metro! Introduce yourself if you make it to a show ❤
I'm a trans man and I've been out for 4 years now. Seeing this had me in tears (this bit started the waterworks :'> 1:55) Seeing the general election and all the politics on the news is fucking terrifying for me, but reading the comments and seeing other people go through the same thing all over the world is awful but oddly comforting. Just knowing I'm not the only one who's going through this is nice. I hope that for everyone in a similar situation things get better 🩷🩵🤍
thank you. I know you won’t see this but thank you. hearing this, seeing these happy trans people, has helped me as I piece myself together these past few years after coming out. I've stumbled onto this video on my 18th birthday, horrified of independence as much as I’m craving it. I just wanted to let you know that you’re beautiful. Everyone in that chorus in beautiful. You deserve your space here. the world would notice if your eyes left her, that’s a whole lot of wonder to lose at once. Your music reminds me of an older brother, or a hug that’s just a bit stronger, and lasts a little longer than you expect. So thank you for making this. It’s helped in the start my recovery immensely. We belong here. Happy pride, all
Being from the Middle East with a Catholic family, I know I am one of the lucky ones that can say my family is BEYOND accepting of LGBTQIA+ people and their rights. Being part of the community myself, I am more than aware of the hardships the community faces. I have many transgender friends and the fact that they have to fight so hard to just exist will never cease to baffle me. Thank you for giving them this opportunity, and happy pride month to everyone 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
No idea how anyone kept their composure, I would've had tears escaping my eyes so fast from the feeling this gives, our community is so strong together, we take care of each other, at least we should. This song made us cry when we were young and pre-transition, now we're working on it, but we're more or less free, as free as you can be in society here. It gets better, and we can keep showing that, no matter what, you will have a community to love you for who you are. There's always hope as long as we're together. -Riot (xe/paw/fae)
As a young queer kid, this song means the world to me. I may not be trans, but this song can be for everyone. I love seeing queer adults because it shows I can grow up. Just this one choir gives me hope. Thank you.
🏳️🌈 You can absolutely grow up. I never thought so either, a million times over-- long nights crying before 16, before 18, before 24... And while I do still cry, it's far less often, and for much MUCH different reasons. Safety, joy, good people, and a life you enjoy is possible for you, too. Yes, even you. Best of luck smaller human.
I hear this song on a short and i had to find it and i love this song now, and it helps me as i am going through my own stuff with being a closeted trans guy and being really scared to tell my family, and i want to tell them before i leave for my grandparents for the summer but i am too scared and i dont know what to do, and i leave on the 4th of june. And i want to tell before i go back to school in August, and i know if my mom and other family i leave with except it, it will do WONDERS for my mental health, but i sm so scared my mom will blame it on something and not lesson to me. I don’t know what to do
Maybe you can start by telling someone in your family you fully trust 🫶 Does your dad or a sibling feel like a safer option to start with? Sending you all the best!
@@Emrillic My brother is way out of the question, he is very much transphobic. I did tell my sister and my grandparents (my moms dad and stepmom) and they were all very supportive, which i am no longer able to talk to my sister sadly. I have told some friends and they are also very supportive. But thank you for you support and comment
We have Pride because there are people who are made to feel like they are better off no longer here... Please never give up. There's nothing wrong with you. The world is broken, and it's the people filled with love that make it a world worth living in. All the beautiful faces of these people. You are beautiful, you are worthy, you are exactly who you should be- don't ever let anyone break that away from you. If you're feeling alone, please hang on. You are most certainly not alone and your life is worth living. No matter what that looks like for you. Stay strong, keep hope close to you, and never give up on being happy. You've got this. We've got this.
Hey Wrabel, I just want to thank you so much. This has always been one of my dysphoria songs, and it was amplified 10 fold when you made a trans fem version. And this version truly is angelic. So thank you
When the world seems against us When it’s all becoming clear When they’re taking down our comrades And killing us with fear When what seams the final hour Has come quicker than we’ve seen When our hopes lay shattered and broken When the odds are not too keen They will try and break us And at times they may succeed But nothing and no one can stop a dance for you and me When the dust settles And when the fire stops We shall emerge victorious No longer shall we rot For even when it’s hopeless We still shall overcome For, nothing and no one can stop a dance for you and me
This is one of the most powerful things I’ve ever heard. Through my long journey of my own life it brings peace to my heart knowing I’m not alone. And others have felt the same. I have a long way to go still. But I will do it. This helps by making it feel a little bit more possible. Thank you. And to anyone else struggling I hope you can do what you need to. And find happiness. As you all deserve it.
i wasn't really planning on crying this much today but damn. i needed to see this. i am transmasc and sometimes i really worry about my future and the futures of the other trans people around me- but we are so remarkably resilient and beautiful. we belong. thank you, wrabel. sending so much love 🫶🫶🫶
This made me tear up. The fact that so many people don’t realize that what Trump is trying to do is straight up genocide makes me so mad. I’m an American but fortunately live in Switzerland and have a lot of supportive friends but someone who that isn’t the case, these bans naturally can be devastating. So many of our lives are already hell, we don’t need a white supremacist, want to be theocrat to make us try and kill ourselves. thank you so much for making this song and this version and to everybody on the trans spectrum, you’re 100% valid and don’t give up!!!!🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
This song has been a constant source of hope and validation throughout my life. Im so happy to see this after so long. Wrabel you have done something so incredible here, i cant thank you enough. Absolutely beautiful ❤️
Thank you so much for this Wrabel. Truly, this is so beautiful. I’m crying as I type this lmao. I thought the original version was great, listening to it as a trans man, but gosh. Hearing other trans people sing just, wow. Amazing, again, thank you so much for this 🖤🫶🏻
Sitting here sobbing because I don’t feel like I’ll make it. The future seems so uncertain for me and I’m terrified. My “village” has made me hate myself, both who they think I am and who I feel as though I am. It’s nice to see older trans people who’ve made it in a sense.
the fact that you're still here is a testament to how strong you are. The path may seem long and hard, but I truly do believe you will get to where you're supposed to be
My friend sent me this song when I was about to end my life because how different I thought I was. This song made me realize there are others like me. And I don't have to be so different. This song helps change life's. You saved mine. Thank you
Seeing so many trans people of various ages made me tear up. It means there's hope for me and my partner. This song has always meant a lot to me since my first listen and it just. Keeps getting better
One of the few songs that have brought me to tears. Thank you Wrabel. As a transfemme, this is one of the best queer-focused songs I’ve ever heard. Thank you
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one page of the bible isn't worth a life
THERES SOMETHING WRONG IN THE VILLEGE
Never stop preaching🙌🙌
this. all the way.
Thanks for giving those a voice who are not being listened to, and are being treated less than human by litteral nazis
i love this so much
tomorrow i am going to prom with my best friend, wearing my first men’s suit for the first time behind my parents’ back (which his transfemme parent gifted me). thank you for giving me hope and showing me these smiling faces. i will make it out of here.
You are unbelievably strong for doing that, I hope you and your best friend have a great prom being yourself
@@ComfyLilith thank you so much, you're so sweet 😭 a friend of mine has the same art as you on their profile picture on Instagram!!
yes you will !!! sending you love
hell yeah dude 😎
Good luck!
IDK if you'll actually see this, but thank you Wrabel. thank you so so much.
@@WrabelOfficial I swear I won't flood you with comments. But I did want to say that this song has been so relevant to me. I'm trans fem, and I grew up in a religious unaffirming family. I cry every single time I hear this song. Somehow it hurts, but it's also incredibly healing to me to have a song that gets my experience but also tells me that I'm ok as I am. So that's why I wanted to say thank you.
I’m a trans girl, I hate the fact I’m so lucky to have a supportive family and be in Australia, my heart goes out to all the trans youth and elders in America and around the world were they can’t be themselves. Keep fighting and keep changing the world 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Do not hate that you are safe and loved. It is a good and right thing. You give us hope. Do not take your own joy away because of someone else's cruelty
@@sailing_ships600this 100%. Im so happy that your experience was positive, but it destroys me when i see young people making the transition and have to feel horrible because of friends/family.
Same
😭💗💙
@@sailing_ships600this. We are so happy for folks who don’t have to deal with this. As long as people understand that gatekeeping transness isn’t cool when so many can’t access their basic needs, they’re my friend. 💜
Four years ago, a young teenager sat in their room, listening to this. They were scared then. They didn't understand why they felt so wrong in their body, why they couldn't be like the other girls their age.
Four years ago, a young teenager found this song, and wept when they realized they weren't broken or wrong.
Three years ago, a teenager asked their parents for the first time to go by a different name, and cried when they were told "no". Three years ago, a teenager tried to cope with the feeling of not being enough in any way they could. Some ways hurt. Some ways saved them. None of these ways were known to their parents.
Two years ago, a teenager got together the strength to go by their true name in all the places they loved most. Two years ago, a teenager learned that they could still be loved even as the sum of all their strange and disconnected parts.
One year ago, a teenager sat in their room again, writing. They wanted to see more people like them in media, more people who were fractured and shattered but still beautiful. They wanted to see more people who had made themselves up again from shards of glass and pain and confused ideas of the self. They wanted to see themself reflected back on every page.
Today, a young adult listened to this song again. They cried as they listened, remembering all the shadows of their past self who had cried and screamed and hurt because of who they were. They saw their pain, their love, their joy, their rage, glowing back at them from the screen of their phone.
This song saved me. This song is the one that found me when I was at my most broken point, when I had been torn apart and had no idea what to do with the fragments of me that remained.
I'm eighteen now, a young adult in the most technical sense of the word. I'm living the best life I can, under the circumstances of being an eighteen-year-old queer person in Small Town, America. I get to go to college, and play dungeons and dragons with my friends, and act in musicals and plays. All of these are things fourteen-year-old me never thought I would live to do. I hadn't thought I would make it a day past fifteen. And then sixteen came, and seventeen, and suddenly I was living the life I wanted, for me, and only me. And I was finally myself, queer and beautiful and proud of who I was. I didn't feel like a poser, or a fraud, or a fake, and I reveled in that.
To whoever is reading this: you are loved. Somewhere, out there, is someone who loves you. Because I love you. So live with that love, every day of your life. It is yours to live with, yours to keep, yours to nurture or abandon. But it is there for you. So live with it, and grow to be proud of yourself.
Hey young adult: you're not alone either. Love your trans uncle. Got your back.
sending you so much love
Im becoming a young adult in 3 months, hopefully I will finally be able to start E. I love this comment though, stay strong.
Although I just found this song today, It still made me emotional. I loved reading your story, and how this song basically saved you. Music can be so strong.
You're a survivor you beautiful butterfly. Always stay true to yourself sweetheart. We love you. 💜
To be writing this at 18 is a success, and an enormous reflection of strength and vulnerability.
It took me until 23 to leave home and go off to find safety. And a few more years later to find stability and leave religion and grow.
It's a tragedy, of course, that we both experienced things we shouldn't have had to, and yet it's a success because you got to experience that younger than I did. And hopefully the people that come after you will learn it sooner. And soon we won't have to deal with what it's like to come out as an adult, because one day, that won't matter.
Here's to the rest of our lives, being ourselves. Freer than we ever thought at 8 or 10 or 16.
i started listening to the original version of this song in high school and it brought me so much comfort and catharsis. now, as an adult medically transitioning dating a partner just like me, i can listen to this with a whole new perspective. its so beautiful, and its great to hear it again. i hope anyone seeing this knows they will make it too. thanks, wrabel. and thank you to my trans brothers and sisters no matter what situation youre in. we are stronger together, i love you.
💜💜💜
I just found this song today, but it still made me emotional. its impressive what music can do. Stay strong, and keep your partner happy. We all deserve happiness.
@@WrabelOfficialit aches
Thank you, not just for the song, but for the chance to see older trans people. I'm glad they're out there.
THIS ❤❤❤
We're out there. I don't know if you are trans or not, but if you are, you're not alone!
We are here and we will continue to fight so younger generations can grow up in a better world. 🏳️⚧️❤️
Right!! So important. So tragic that our average life expectancy is 35!! We need to change that.
I'm happy to know that not all trans lives are cut short ❤
Man, that first clip really hit. I'm not trans myself but I know how many amazing people we would lose if bills like that are allowed to be signed. It's incredibly important to take care of and watch out for each other, and that's what the LGBTQIA+ community does best. Happy Pride to anyone watching, and drink your water if you plan on going out for Pride! I'm not having any of you get heat exhaustion.
happy pride
Thank you for your support!
i love that he keeps pushing out this song even after 7 wholesome years
Untill the day comes where it's no longer needed..
The original version of this song saw many tears and replays during my years as a transmasc teenager. I did not expect this version to make my adult self start sobbing, but here we are
happy pride
Yeahhh I have it on a playlist if I ever need to Begin Sobbing. It won't ever not do that imo 😂
About 3 years ago, when I thought my son was my daughter, he introduced me to this song. And he watched me listen to it, gauging my reaction.
Your music, this song, opened an opportunity for me to fully know my child.
There are no words to express my gratitude.
💕🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💕
The world needs more supportive parents like you
@@arsoncat2146 at the risk of sounding prideful, I agree. I really don’t get how a parent could be any different. My son is so much more than trans. And every single thing about him is just wonderful.
😭💙 sending you and your son so much love
Thank you for loving your son
@@JenniLynn1218you only sound prideful about your son, tnank you for being so supportive of your son, my mom is very supportive but my dad was transphobic and it's really painful to think of that
I couldn’t even make it past the intro without weeping. It’s so hard sometimes knowing the world may never understand. Having each-other in the community and holding each-other up is the true gift in life 🫶🏼 We are all so precious and deserve to feel that way!
💙💙💙
Someone in the chorus looks so much like a friend of mine, I thought it was him for a second likeI always dp before I remember he committed suicide last year. Miss you so much, Parker. As a queer person older than him, I wish every day I could have been there for him while he struggled. This song always makes me cry. From you local transmasc boy, Thank You
I'm also a transmasc who lost a friend of mine. It's so difficult. I am so sorry for your loss.
may our brother rest in peace. i did not know him but his absence hurts me, i cannot imagine how you must feel. there are so many of us that never got to live to see things like these. it will never stop haunting me how many of are dead, how many of us die. ❤️🏳️⚧️🤟
You are all so talented. I've already cried twice today- it is so HARD being trans, trying to convince my own brain there's nothing wrong with me, let alone some random rich a-hole who wants to legislate our rights away- and I just cried for a third time. Y'all are so talented, and beautiful. Every one of you. I'm proud to be trans, as hard as it is. Live Proud.
Don’t try to convince your brain that your wrong, your life is more important than some random asses money and views, you are who you are and you will continue to be that version of yourself till the day you die. Keep going 🏳️⚧️
You are amazing and perfect just the way you are! It's not an easy journey, but it is so worth it!
I love you for who you really are. Not who They want you to be ❤🏳️🌈
there's nothing wrong with you it's true it's true
I first heard this song when I was 15 at christian summer camp. My closeted trans friend was sharing her earbuds with me and played it, and even though I hadn’t figured out my identity at the time I remember just how much it affected me. It wasn’t long after that when I accepted that I am trans, but 5 years later and I’m still not out publicly. My current life circumstances make it unsafe to come out irl and be fully myself, and the political climate here in the us just keeps getting more tense. This song has been a beacon of hope in several of the darkest moments of my life, and this version of it is absolutely beautiful.
We're working on it, friend. From a trans uncle.
sending you the biggest hug
Fuck. I remember listening to this song constantly before I came out as trans(6 1/2 years ago now!) and it was one of the only things that got me through the darkest time in my life. It made me feel less alone, and as a scared kid in a conservative small town, I needed that so desperately. I may not have gotten all the symbolism at 12/13 years old, but listening to this now it hits so deep with my inner child.
I'm proud to report that I made it to that light at the end of my very dark tunnel! I am a proud trans masculine person and this song is one of the reasons I am still here today. So thank you, Wrabel
Please know that somewhere out there I'm proud of you for finding the light. You have supporters, even if you don't know us.
Same here
I relate to every word of this, my comment is practically the same, lol. I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of us.
CONGRATS happy pride
My favorite part of this is all the smiles. They are happy.
me too 😭💙💓
The smiles had me in happy tears
this song saved my life back when it first came out, this version is bringing me to tears
This song means so much to me. I came out to my parents as trans last November and we’ve spoken of it so little. My friends, though, I feel have been a lot more supportive. I can talk to my friends easier than my parents. This song hits hard, knowing that my siblings may not approve. Thank you, Wrabel, for this song
I am so proud of you.
I think you are wonderful.
I hope you get all the happiness in your life that your heart can handle.
I believe in you.
💕🏳️⚧️💕
sending you the biggest hug
Didn't expect "the Village" to make me cry today. But here I am laying on the floor of my room and bawling my eyes out like I did three years ago when I couldn't lie to myself about being trans any longer.
sending you all the love
You are loved! So loved! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Absolutely gorgeous. I came out as a trans man a few months back, and while my family has been nothing but supportive (even taking me to my first pride) I know that most of the world - the rest of the village - is not.
The Village has been a comfort song for me for years before I even recognized myself, and I can only hope it helps others to see themselves too.
It’s scary being so young and having the village against you, but I know that one day the young men like myself won’t have to hide who they are, in their own homes or out of them.
One page of the bible isn’t worth a life. ❤
happy pride
All of my back hairs are standing on edge. Hauntingly beautiful.
I really needed this right now. We live in such a flawed society with views that are set to limit our existence and to silence us, but we can rise above it as a people.
Never let people put you down and diminish your existence, your being yourself and that’s what matters, keep fighting and make yourself stronger and happier everyday 🏳️⚧️
What a wonderful start to pride month. Stay strong everyone 🖤
happy pride
As a teenage trans boy, this had me in tears 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️🌈
Fellow teenage trans guy here stay strong my brother we get through this together
As a Baritone in this chorus, this comment made me tear up. This is why we do this. Thank you for watching and keep being you! 🙏🏼
sending you the biggest hug
This middle-aged trans woman was in tears too!
Same here, brother. Found this song first in my middle school years coming out, and I am now in highschool. Truly moved me to tears. It is so beautiful. Stay strong!!
We will surpass all that holds us down, everyone will come to accept that we are here to stay. Not one person that was put on earth should be ashamed of themselves ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
❤
I agree no one should ever be ashamed for just existing live and let live should be a more common opinion
We aren't mad. We just want to live. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Donald Trump has much to be ashamed of. In fact, I can't think of a single thing he deserves to be proud of himself for.
I just sent this to a close friend who got out of Oklahoma from an abusive and deeply religious family. Shes safe and trasitioning in a welcoming state now. This echos so much from what shes told me. I live in a safe state and have all the support i could ever need. But i meed to extend that to her, to support those who dont have the same support that i do. As i type this, she messaged me back and thanked me, said shes crying. Support those who need it, family doesnt just mean blood. Lets make the world a better place, be another light in the darkness
i am trans fem, and this made me cry, thank you for making this
Keep going with your life and become the best version of yourself you can!!! (From a sister to another sister 🏳️⚧️)
sending you so much love
It also made me cry. (Third sister to another sister)
I remember laying upstairs in my grandparents bed while sobbing so hard i couldn't breathe, I couldn't see, listening to this on loop. I was thirteen, and i'd just figured it out.
I thought I'd have to run away. I thought I'd have to die. I thought that for years after. I never thought I'd make it out of the fear i was in, out of the cruelty of knowing that I was someone I would never get to be.
But in March, this year, I'm 19. My name is Cameron. I am in love with a guy who is in love with me. I am his boyfriend, through and through and through. I certainly never thought that was gonna happen.
I am still scared. I know how many more challenges there are for me now to access hrt.
But..I'm here. I had every reason to leave over the years, and I tried. But i'm here.
and that's enough to be proud of.
Stay with us. We need you! ❤️🏳️⚧️ It's going to get better.
More than enough, brother.
You're 19 and some days it feels like you're a million years old already. I know. But trust me when I say, at 30+, shit is just beginning.
There are ways around barriers. There are holes in every wall, even if you have to drill it yourself.
You may not know how to do it now, but the resources are out there somewhere. Not accessible as they ought to be. But you can find and make a life worth living. For now, sounds like you've come a long ass way and some of your story mirrors those of ppl I know. They made it and they're pleased as punch in their own skin. 🎉
@@jeremiahgabriel5709 thank you for this. it means so much to me.
I’m crying this is so beautiful. I’m a trans fem dealing with Dhyshoria and I’m basically too scared to transition. Social Anxiety, and fear of change (even if it’s good) have screwed me over.
At some point you’ll learn how to be yourself truly, no matter how long it takes we all hope you get through these trials and come out as yourself 💜🏳️⚧️
I can totally relate on the fear of change aspect
Stay strong
There's nothing wrong with you 🎶
it's true it's true !!!!
There's something wrong in the village, in the village! 🩷🩵🤍🩵🩷
Happy Pride Month🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️🌈
happy pride !!!!
@@WrabelOfficialThis person's PFP reminded me, but as much as I'm MtF, I thought a non-binary version of "The Village" would be super cool.
Happy pride month!!!
happy pride :>
I’m giving out free hugs if anyone needs them
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
🧡💛🤍🩷💜
💙🩵🤍💚
💛🤍💜🖤
“There’s nothing wrong with you” anddddd there go the water works. It gets me every time. Not something you hear much where I live.
There IS nothing wrong with you. You are worth being loved, just as you are.
Since starting testosterone, it's been really hard to cry, but damn...this got me, thank you.
😭 and this comment got me ! sending you love
I cannot express how beautiful it is to see so many trans people come together and sing this beautiful piece, especially with how many of them are older trans individuals, its just so so so nice to see.
This song always makes me feel so emotional and cared for. Hearing so many more trans people singing in it as well it’s even more powerful. The parts where different people from the choir look up at the camera make it feel like they’re all singing to me and it feels like the biggest hug 💝🫂
nearly two years ago, a little boy sat in his room crying with a blade to his throat. the cuts on his wrists had already turned into scars.
nearly two years ago, the boy sobbed through random songs and just as he was about to dig the blade into his skin, a new one flooded through his headphones. his hands dropped. he wept harder, but this time it wasn’t because he was hopeless. it was because he was finally seen, finally heard.
a year and a half ago, the boy screamed and writhed on the floor of the hospital. the nurses stood by and watched with disgust.
a little over a year ago, the boy sat silently weeping on a new therapist’s couch, his parents beside him, as they yet again refused his begging for his name to be heard. the session ended and he walked out, strode into the classroom-like space, and played the song that saved him.
almost a year ago, the boy cried again as he waved goodbye to the people that changed his life, into the car to see home for the first time in almost half a year. he started playing the song that saved him during the car ride, his newfound haven whizzing by.
today, that boy sobs again at the same song- out of grief, out of love, out of hope, out of unity. today, that boy is surrounded by people who accept him. today, that boy is alive because of that song.
So Many Fucking People finally being happy in their skin because they made the journey and Still a major part of the population doesn't get it.
I mean, I don't get it! Why do some people think they know better? Why can't we just 'be' without having to overexplain and argue about something?
To project one's character onto others is a hobby of too many and I'm tired.
Unfortunately, because it's not about the people being vilified. Trans people, immigrants, communists... the status quo can only sustain itself when it has an enemy to point people at. Patriarchy wants us to believe that men are the "natural" leaders, women are "naturally" subservient caretakers. Trans people show the whole idea is optional, and that terrifies the people who currently benefit from and RELY on the status quo to maintain their privilege.
This one was really emotional, but I loved it. Thank you for speaking up for trans people. ❤🏳️⚧️
Oh. Ok I’m sobbing. Thank you this was beautiful.
- An American trans man who has been very scared
Same, brother. Same. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️
This song was on repeat in my freshman year. I'm so happy to see it become even more beautiful. Seeing happy trans people and older trans folks makes me remember there is hope for me too.
As a trans girl, this is beautiful. Thank you for doing this.
Seeing representation of older trans people made me cry. it's hard to believe that queer people can live long, fulfilling lives when we don't see it represented. remember, no matter what it may seem like, you're not alone and you can make it!!!
My town painted the crosswalks trans and rainbow. Love DOES exist. Keep on going🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤🩶🤍
This is absolutely gorgeous-made me cry! I'm a cis lesbian, and will ALWAYS have a tremendous amount of love & respect for the trans, nonbinary, gender fluid, two-spirit, and genderqueer communities. Happy Pride Month, lovely people.
I went from a scared 14 year old locked in a house with bible verses being screamed at me to an almost 25 year old who's married and well into my transition slowly nurturing that scared hurt child deep in my soul. I didn't think I'd make it here, I didn't expect to make it to 18. Life is scary when you didn't plan you're future because you were so sure you didn't have one to plan for. But its worth it, I promise it'll be worth it. I know 14 year old me didn't think so, and 17 year old me couldn't see it. But I'm here now to let them all know that we made it.
i realized i was trans early on in my teenage years. my parents both follow and worship trump like he's a damn god and since i'm nearing 18, i'm about to get out of here. when i first discovered this song when i was, likely 13, i didn't realize the message. all i knew at the time was that this song, *this song*, made me happy. it made me not wish to die because it made me realize that there's others like me. there's others who aren't happy with their bodies or voices or assigned sex. it gave me the confidence to look up the symptoms of what i was feeling and it gave me the confidence to come out to my friends and family.
while i'm not supported by any close family, i have several chosen family members who i've decided to dedicate myself to.
i like to say it was all thanks to this song. this song started it all.
seeing it sung by the trans chorus, something i wanted to try and be a part of back when i lived in the palm springs area, made my heart burst and my eyes well up with tears.
it made me feel the same way i felt four years ago when i first heard the song.
thank you
This is one of the few songs that can bring me to tears almost instantly. It's truly a beautiful piece of art
Thank you to Wrabel and the Trans Choir of Los Angeles and the production teams and camera crew and everyone who made this possible
You are loved no matter what 🤍🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Happy Pride Month!!
One of my favorite songs of all time. It can be relate to so many different things and still remain with the original meaning. A true masterpiece.
this gives me more hope than I can even begin to describe. look at all these people, beautiful, strong, powerful and vulnerable. They deserve the world and maybe, by thinking that about other trans people, I'll start believing in it for myself too. This is a piece of art
we need pride parades, days of visibility, and songs like this now more than ever. i may have cried a little also
this song kept me company through the beginning of my transition in high school, and genuinely helped me live through a time when i felt the world around me was hostile and didn't want me to live. those years were the worst of my life. i'm now almost five years graduated, most of the way through a university degree, with two amazing partners (t4t4t
suddenly im transported back to my 12 year old self, sobbing and crying as my parents scream at me. things arent fixed today, but this song told me since day one, there is nothing wrong with me. i'm trans and its okay. theres a day waiting for me where i will be myself freely. thank you wrabel
Can add captions please? I already know the song, but still nice to read while the music at the same time 🤟🏼🏳️⚧️
crying already at the first note. Hold it together woman!
Seeing this on the day I realize I'm a trans man is a beautiful thing ❤ Thank you Wrabel
congrats brother
@@milesward6385 Thank you!!
Hey bro. You are seen and you are valid.
*fistbump?*
@@AngelusNielson *fistbump* :)
@@SepticShockAKAVin bruh. :P
Seeing all these trans people happy being their true selves, especially the older folks gives me hope that I will be able to grow old and be happy in my own skin❤️🏳️⚧️
😭😭😭💙
Skin is so much less a Flesh Prison once you're able to craft yourself to be how you want. I wish you a happy aging process stranger. May it be magical 🎉
So grateful my choir got the chance to collaborate with TCLA! I really, really wish you were local, and you all are amazing people. I'm glad I got the chance to meet you all, even if half of us were out sick for the concert. I hope to see you back in 2028 and collaborate again. Much love from Colorado!
Absolutely fantastic and beautiful. The addition of the chorus is so powerful and moving. Bravo to everyone involved! 👏
6 years ago I was a sad, alone, and confused 14 year old.
6 years ago I cried for the first time listening to a song.
6 years ago I realized I wasn't alone. That there were others dealing with the same thing. That everything will get better.
I have no idea how to describe just how much this song means to me. Thank you Wrabel.
I'm not even Transgender, but I always found this song incredibly powerful and beautiful. I believe the sentence "One page of the Bible isn't worth a life." resonates with most Queer people. I'm glad to have discovered you at a young age and to see you still fight for our cause all those years later.
As a Bisexual and Demiromantic woman, I feel very grateful to (Queer) artists who protect LGBTQIA+ rights. And I feel both happy and touched to see all those Transgender people sing alongside you.
Thank you Wrabel, from the bottom of my heart.
thank you, I really needed the reminder that being happy in your own skin is possible. It gives me so much hope for myself to see so many happy trans people.
Man today is the anniversary (for lack of a better term) of my brothers' deaths. I never had the chance to come out to them, I was planning on telling them a week from this day back in 2019. They were the only family I had at the time that I could honestly say I cared about. I was terrified to tell them, and now I live with the uncertainty of what would have happened if I had told them I was transgender. It's the one thought that keeps me up at night, considering everyone else in my life that I told either disregards and disrespects me, or flat out left.
I recently got in touch with my twin brother's best friend from Japan, who brought me a sense of comfort when he told me that my twin had once written him a letter that said he only wished people never felt the need to hide who they are. This song brought back all those memories of the moment that fear washed away. It's like my brothers are reassuring me their love is unconditional.
What happened to them? Were they all killed in a car accident? Plane crash? Train derailing?
@@TheVampireShark The short version is that they were hit by a drunk truck driver on their bikes
@@henryhyde8939 Civilian or hauler? Civilian being pickup, hauler being semi. If hauler, that is further proof we need an extra lane on every highway or road that is only for semis.
@@TheVampireShark It was a semi, not a super big one but it definitely was too big to be driven by a man who had a 0.12% BAC
This is so beautiful. Trans voices literally coming together as one but in song. We can make it through together. We can speak out and resist the oppression. We can persevere and live. We can make it through. Have strength everyone. You are not illegal. We exist and we’re not going away. You belong.
My junior year of high school, my English class was specifically called Social Issues and Social Justice. One part of this was that every Thursday, we'd listen to a song that pertained to a social issue and answer questions about it. Some days my teacher would pick it, but he'd always try to get students to submit songs on their own. I submitted The Village. This teacher knew I was queer, but not that I was trans. A few of the queer kids, myself included, were silently sobbing the whole time. I even saw my teacher's eyes well up a bit.
Amazing, very powerful message
Beautiful new version of this great song! ❤ The message is more important now than ever.
This song is by far my favorite due to how much its helped me over the past year, especially helping me through coming out to my mom even if it went horribly and she only started arguing with me and tried using it against me to tell me she was hurt that I was trans, but I did have my friends and some peers who helped me feel better after. Even though I'm still having a rough time in life due to mot being able to be out to most of my family and knowing that some will never accept me and two will hate me for it, everytime I find this song again, I smile and feel better even if its only a small bit. I'm just glad that we aren't alone in all of this and there's hope thanks to the communities we have, or even just people we have.
wasn't expecting to cry this morningl down here in san diego about to google if there's any shows i can drive up to! thank you so much for this beautiful performance, thank you so much for existing so publicly. happy pride, friends ❤
We do concerts in April/May and December of each year, and coming up we’re performing at a whole bunch of pride events around the LA metro! Introduce yourself if you make it to a show ❤
You can never change who a person truly is. Keep fighting for everyone’s rights.
I'm a trans man and I've been out for 4 years now. Seeing this had me in tears (this bit started the waterworks :'> 1:55) Seeing the general election and all the politics on the news is fucking terrifying for me, but reading the comments and seeing other people go through the same thing all over the world is awful but oddly comforting. Just knowing I'm not the only one who's going through this is nice. I hope that for everyone in a similar situation things get better 🩷🩵🤍
thank you. I know you won’t see this but thank you.
hearing this, seeing these happy trans people, has helped me as I piece myself together these past few years after coming out.
I've stumbled onto this video on my 18th birthday, horrified of independence as much as I’m craving it.
I just wanted to let you know that you’re beautiful. Everyone in that chorus in beautiful.
You deserve your space here. the world would notice if your eyes left her, that’s a whole lot of wonder to lose at once.
Your music reminds me of an older brother, or a hug that’s just a bit stronger, and lasts a little longer than you expect.
So thank you for making this. It’s helped in the start my recovery immensely.
We belong here. Happy pride, all
Something about hearing all the older trans people say "theres nothing wrong with you" absolutely comforts me each time it makes me feel less lonely
Being from the Middle East with a Catholic family, I know I am one of the lucky ones that can say my family is BEYOND accepting of LGBTQIA+ people and their rights. Being part of the community myself, I am more than aware of the hardships the community faces. I have many transgender friends and the fact that they have to fight so hard to just exist will never cease to baffle me. Thank you for giving them this opportunity, and happy pride month to everyone 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
No idea how anyone kept their composure, I would've had tears escaping my eyes so fast from the feeling this gives, our community is so strong together, we take care of each other, at least we should. This song made us cry when we were young and pre-transition, now we're working on it, but we're more or less free, as free as you can be in society here. It gets better, and we can keep showing that, no matter what, you will have a community to love you for who you are. There's always hope as long as we're together.
-Riot (xe/paw/fae)
This song makes me cry every time. This version was so powerful. ❤
As a young queer kid, this song means the world to me. I may not be trans, but this song can be for everyone. I love seeing queer adults because it shows I can grow up. Just this one choir gives me hope. Thank you.
🏳️🌈 You can absolutely grow up. I never thought so either, a million times over-- long nights crying before 16, before 18, before 24... And while I do still cry, it's far less often, and for much MUCH different reasons.
Safety, joy, good people, and a life you enjoy is possible for you, too. Yes, even you. Best of luck smaller human.
bringing me to tears. what a stunning song, and a beautiful group of people singing it
Thank you ❤ and happy pride month everyone 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
I hear this song on a short and i had to find it and i love this song now, and it helps me as i am going through my own stuff with being a closeted trans guy and being really scared to tell my family, and i want to tell them before i leave for my grandparents for the summer but i am too scared and i dont know what to do, and i leave on the 4th of june. And i want to tell before i go back to school in August, and i know if my mom and other family i leave with except it, it will do WONDERS for my mental health, but i sm so scared my mom will blame it on something and not lesson to me. I don’t know what to do
Maybe you can start by telling someone in your family you fully trust 🫶 Does your dad or a sibling feel like a safer option to start with? Sending you all the best!
Here for you man, cheering you on. You've got this
U could talk about trans ppl in general and see how she reacts
@@Emrillic My brother is way out of the question, he is very much transphobic. I did tell my sister and my grandparents (my moms dad and stepmom) and they were all very supportive, which i am no longer able to talk to my sister sadly. I have told some friends and they are also very supportive. But thank you for you support and comment
@@notmydidea yeah, that might work to see what she thinks on trans people
TH-cam need to add a love button because sometimes like isn’t enough
It’s Election Day and trump might be elected and I’m scared how his promises and how it’s going to effect things like this
We have Pride because there are people who are made to feel like they are better off no longer here...
Please never give up. There's nothing wrong with you. The world is broken, and it's the people filled with love that make it a world worth living in.
All the beautiful faces of these people.
You are beautiful, you are worthy, you are exactly who you should be- don't ever let anyone break that away from you.
If you're feeling alone, please hang on. You are most certainly not alone and your life is worth living. No matter what that looks like for you.
Stay strong, keep hope close to you, and never give up on being happy. You've got this. We've got this.
Hey Wrabel, I just want to thank you so much. This has always been one of my dysphoria songs, and it was amplified 10 fold when you made a trans fem version. And this version truly is angelic. So thank you
When the world seems against us
When it’s all becoming clear
When they’re taking down our comrades
And killing us with fear
When what seams the final hour
Has come quicker than we’ve seen
When our hopes lay shattered and broken
When the odds are not too keen
They will try and break us
And at times they may succeed
But nothing and no one can stop a dance for you and me
When the dust settles
And when the fire stops
We shall emerge victorious
No longer shall we rot
For even when it’s hopeless
We still shall overcome
For, nothing and no one can stop a dance for you and me
This is one of the most powerful things I’ve ever heard. Through my long journey of my own life it brings peace to my heart knowing I’m not alone. And others have felt the same. I have a long way to go still. But I will do it. This helps by making it feel a little bit more possible. Thank you. And to anyone else struggling I hope you can do what you need to. And find happiness. As you all deserve it.
Hauntingly beautiful. Tears are streaming down my face. Love
i wasn't really planning on crying this much today but damn. i needed to see this. i am transmasc and sometimes i really worry about my future and the futures of the other trans people around me- but we are so remarkably resilient and beautiful. we belong. thank you, wrabel. sending so much love 🫶🫶🫶
This made me tear up. The fact that so many people don’t realize that what Trump is trying to do is straight up genocide makes me so mad. I’m an American but fortunately live in Switzerland and have a lot of supportive friends but someone who that isn’t the case, these bans naturally can be devastating. So many of our lives are already hell, we don’t need a white supremacist, want to be theocrat to make us try and kill ourselves.
thank you so much for making this song and this version and to everybody on the trans spectrum, you’re 100% valid and don’t give up!!!!🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
This song has been a constant source of hope and validation throughout my life. Im so happy to see this after so long. Wrabel you have done something so incredible here, i cant thank you enough. Absolutely beautiful ❤️
Thank you Wrabel. I recently came out to my dad and people like you always make it much easier for me and I hope it does for everybody else too.
Thank you so much for this Wrabel. Truly, this is so beautiful. I’m crying as I type this lmao. I thought the original version was great, listening to it as a trans man, but gosh. Hearing other trans people sing just, wow. Amazing, again, thank you so much for this 🖤🫶🏻
the part with them all smiling had me in tears, this song never fails in giving me all the emotions 🩷
Sitting here sobbing because I don’t feel like I’ll make it. The future seems so uncertain for me and I’m terrified. My “village” has made me hate myself, both who they think I am and who I feel as though I am. It’s nice to see older trans people who’ve made it in a sense.
the fact that you're still here is a testament to how strong you are. The path may seem long and hard, but I truly do believe you will get to where you're supposed to be
This is amazing to watch and listen to. It just gives me a feeling of community, when I can't really find it in real life. 💙
OOHHH the goosebumps omg... love the original but love this even more - even Wrabel's vocals are just ace here
My friend sent me this song when I was about to end my life because how different I thought I was. This song made me realize there are others like me. And I don't have to be so different. This song helps change life's. You saved mine. Thank you
Were you like other trans people? Believing that you would be reincarnated into the opposite gender you were born as, the one you want to be?
@TheVampireShark very much so
Seeing so many trans people of various ages made me tear up. It means there's hope for me and my partner. This song has always meant a lot to me since my first listen and it just. Keeps getting better
the words can't describe how I love this.
Thank you, I’m not sure if you realize this song has saved so many lives
One of the few songs that have brought me to tears. Thank you Wrabel. As a transfemme, this is one of the best queer-focused songs I’ve ever heard. Thank you