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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       ebc87e12-59d0-4241-a102-9ccce0fe56f5
+:END:
+#+title: QR Codes
+
+* Generating in [[id:cda9c620-fec5-4549-b979-22fc06819d77][Python]]
+#+begin_src python :results file
+  import qrcode
+  from qrcode.image.styledpil import StyledPilImage
+  from qrcode.image.styles.moduledrawers import RoundedModuleDrawer
+  from qrcode.image.styles.colormasks import SquareGradiantColorMask
+
+  qr = qrcode.QRCode(error_correction=qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_H)
+
+  center = (166, 33, 0, 255)
+  edge = (0, 86, 224, 255)
+
+  qr.add_data("https://correl.github.io")
+  img = qr.make_image(
+      image_factory=StyledPilImage,
+      module_drawer=RoundedModuleDrawer(),
+      color_mask=SquareGradiantColorMask(
+          back_color=(255, 255, 255, 0),
+          center_color=center,
+          edge_color=edge
+      ),
+  )
+  img.save("qrcode.png")
+  return "qrcode.png"
+#+end_src
+
+#+RESULTS:
+[[file:qrcode.png]]
+
+* Avatar overlaid in center :ATTACH:
+The QR code remains useable, as enough of the code remains visible behind the
+avatar image.
+
+[[attachment:qrcode.png]]
+- [[attachment:qrcode.xcf][XCF]]

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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       e327c5d5-7670-4f2e-bf1f-7611407100ed
+:END:
+#+TITLE: 2022-03-30
+* TDOV
+
+It's hard to feel positive about this year's [[https://www.glaad.org/tdov][Transgender Day of Visibility]]. On
+the one hand, trans visibility is extremely important. It's because of out trans
+people that I was able to understand my own identity. The more cis people really
+see, talk to, and come to understand trans people, the easier it will be for
+them to understand that we're, well, just /people/. Transitioning is a
+/beautiful/ thing. Look at any set of photos trans people share, and you'll see
+that they're not just happier, but more vibrant, more full of life, and so very
+genuinely themselves! This is what folks need to see more of, and what I think
+this day is meant to be about. Unfortunately, a lot of what folks are seeing
+nowadays isn't trans people thriving, it's misinformation and vitriol. This
+isn't at all a new phenomenon, but [[https://www.vox.com/first-person/22977970/anti-trans-legislation-texas-idaho][in recent years it's gotten overwhelming]].
+
+This year, like last year, has brought with it a [[https://freedomforallamericans.org/legislative-tracker/anti-transgender-legislation/][record-breaking amount of
+anti-trans legislation across the majority of states in the country]]. Most of
+them are targeting trans youths by banning them from playing sports with their
+peers, forbidding any discussion about gender or queer identities in their
+classrooms, requiring that trusted teachers and other school staff out them to
+families, and restricting and even outlawing their healthcare. Book bans have
+been sweeping the nation, intent on removing anything they consider unpleasant
+or uncomfortable, which has mostly amounted to anything discussing gender,
+sexuality, or race. There is /constant/  flowing across social
+media and news outlets sowing outrage, [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/19/anti-trans-rhetoric-homophobia-trans-rights][recycling old homophobic rhetoric]] as they
+label trans people as predators, anyone supporting us as "groomers", and
+claiming we're forcing children into life-altering surgeries. Trans kids [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/22/transgender-child-sports-treatments/][do not
+get surgeries]], but laws are being pushed and passed banning them anyway, though
+always with a note that [[https://www.them.us/story/trans-health-care-attacks-target-intersex-people-too][those restrictions aren't extended to intersex kids]], who
+continue to be operated upon to make their bodies conform to a comfortable
+binary.
+
+Trans kids and trans adults alike, whether they're in states that are actively
+arguing or passing these bills, [[https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-trans-people-will-never-surrender-but-fighting-bigots-is-exhausting?s=09&source=twitter&utm_source=pocket_mylist&via=desktop][are having to endure watching this all happen]].
+Watching their identities, their /existence/ be debated, questioned, demonized,
+and ridiculed. We're having to watch this all unfold, and it really feels like
+[[https://truthout.org/audio/trans-youth-are-facing-right-wing-attacks-and-a-solidarity-shortage/][few people are actively defending us or standing up to this torrent of hate]].
+Most of these bills aren't even getting much news coverage, and [[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trans-people-right-wing-media?s=09&utm_source=pocket_mylist][those that are
+often aren't in our favor]], framing the issues as [[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43255878][divisive]] or [[https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-speaks-scrutiny-controversy-rcna18503][controversial]]. Even
+Florida's so-called [[https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1557]["Don't Say Gay" bill]] is framed first and foremost as an
+attack on gay rights (which it certainly is), but leaving the very deliberate
+targetting of trans kids out of the discussion. Florida governor Ron DeSantis
+certainly didn't hide it, [[https://www.axios.com/dont-say-gay-bill-desantis-578593fc-5d6e-4098-b69a-c838b017ce24.html][claiming its intent is to squash so-called "woke
+gender ideology"]] and [[https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2022/03/29/grooming-the-buzzword-in-lgbtq-school-debate-including-in-florida/][pointing at a large illustration from a transgender
+author's childrens book]] just before signing the bill.
+
+It's hard, as a trans person watching all of this, to see these kids, their
+parents, and ourselves under such constant and cruel attack. It's hard hearing
+only the faintest mumors of "we've got your back" from the White House as the
+Equality Act continues to languish, stalled in Congress. It is hard seeing so
+few people outside of the transgender community, traumatized so much by it as it
+is, raising any awareness of what's going on. Each year we endure so much. We
+watch public figures tell people we're perverts and predators. We watch where we
+go and what we do in public, lest we inadverently draw anyone's ire. We watch as
+some trans folks do succeed, and celebrate them, but also see all the nastiness
+directed at them in the media and in strangers' comments on social media. All of
+this is so, so traumatizing.
+
+Ours is a community molded by trauma, and by absence. Our history, vibrant as it
+is, has been largely [[https://historycollection.com/16-remarkable-historical-figures-who-were-transgender/][hidden from us]] or [[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-institute-in-germany-was-burned-down-by-nazis][outright destroyed]]. Most of an entire
+generation of queer people was [[https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article/7/4/527/168493/Trans-in-a-Time-of-HIV-AIDS?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=j-TSQ_7-4_Feb2021][lost to hate and apathy during the AIDS epidemic]].
+Many [[https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2022][continue to be lost every year to violence]]. Mostly trans women of color,
+losing their lives to hate in the rising tide of racism, misogyny, homophobia
+and transphobia. We likely lose far more than we know as crimes go unreported or
+misreported, as they tend to be, when trans folks [[https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/11/29/22807775/what-i-learned-about-news-media-law-enforcement-transgender-murders-morgan-sherm-op-ed][get misgendered in death]]. This
+isn't how it's supposed to be. Discovering and living as who we truly are is one
+of the most joyful things in life. Being ourselves, /really sharing ourselves/
+with the people we love is such a wonderful, vibrant feeling. That more and more
+people are able to learn about the beautiful spectrums of identities is an
+amazing thing. We've got greater resources and representation now than ever
+before.
+
+I do not believe that all of this hatred, all of these laws, any of it will win
+out in the end. Trans people aren't going anywhere. Being trans is just a part
+of being human. We have always been here, and we will continue to be. What I
+fear isn't that trans people will be wiped off the earth, because it is
+impossible to do that without wiping out humanity. What I do fear, though, is
+how hard the struggle may remain for us to continue to just /live/. I feel for
+these kids, terrified as they are that the world hates them. I feel for the
+trans community, as we struggle with vastly different degrees of discrimination
+and violence. It's a lot.
+
+On this Transgender Day of Visibility, I feel it's important that we're not
+merely seen, but seen fully. I hope that people will see our joy and our
+strength and our fierce love of authentic life. I also hope that people will see
+our pain, and find it in themselves to offer not just performative displays of
+support but real empathy and action. We're out here showing you who we are and
+what we can be. Please show /us/ who /you/ are and what we mean to you.
+
+And, for the love of everything, [[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/jk-rowlings-anti-transgender-stance-and-hogwarts-legacy/1100-6501632/?s=09&utm_source=pocket_mylist][please leave Harry Potter in the past]].