I. To arm or not to arm: use of gun & self-defense training w/in the queer community. II. Points of interest in 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗻𝗲𝘀 interview: 20th c. sense of a 'successful' transition as tied to practical eradication of trans people, b/c they then would supposedly assimilate & disappear into the cis population. Jen Richards comment that even prior to her own transition the 'common knowledge' was that the only way one should transition was if the sole alternative is suicide, b/c trying to live as a trans person involves such a dramatic drop in quality of life.