Story for Week 13: The Curse of the Spirits

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      There was once a transwoman who lived in an enchanted forest. The forest that she lived in was visited several times a year by spirits of the land. These spirits were angry at the transwoman because she longed to change her village utilizing feminism ideology. The transwoman frequently spoke with the village leaders and fought them on many issues that pertained to the acceptance of transwomen within the society. The world outside of this village had come to accept transwomen and had provided security for them within the world. 

        The transwoman soon had a run in with the spirits of the land and one of the souls who were against trans rights as he saw it as unnatural. The Spirit waved its hand and placed a curse on the transwoman. The curse would not allow the transwoman to transition until she had true loves kiss. The transwoman was taken aback by how much pain the spirit wanted to give her. 

    “Why have you cursed me so spirit? She said 

    “You are a disgrace to this land and are not welcome in this village. My fellow spiritual ancestors have acknowledged your presence as a threat to the way of life for our people,” the spirit replied vehemently. 

     “I understand that your vile heart has no place for feminist teachings. This is unfair to punish me when your heart is so darkened that it has no room for love,” the transwoman said. 

     “Do not preach your dark magic of transformation to me, cursed child. I had to enact this curse so that you could do no more damage. When true love finds you, then you shall be free of this curse, and the ancestors shall see if love truly exists for such a creature as you,“ the spirit replied.

     “Very well. I shall find true love, and it shall set me free then you shall see that feminist teachings are not to be frightened of,” she replied, and with a swish of her hips, she left the spirit to go find her love. The transwoman searched far and wide with many thoughts about where to find the man of her dreams. She dated several men, but each one left her when she explained the curse to them each of them telling her “I can’t be with a man who wants to be a woman who can’t transition.”

The transwoman did not expect however that she would find a woman who met those qualifications. This is how that happened… To be continued in an extended story. 

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Author’s Note: I took the two ghost stories that I read about two weeks ago and created this story from those. I looked forward to writing something that had a transgendered person within it to demonstrate the struggles that transwomen face within the idea of dating and when they cannot transition it makes things a lot more difficult for them. The stories that I used were Apache Indian ghost stories these stories are fascinating in that they discuss a child that travels to a spirit realm so that he cannot be lame anymore. His family does not miss him because of his lameness. The other story was about a man who killed his uncle and lost his wife due to the ghost of the uncle that was tormenting him. This led me to the idea of the torture of not being able to transition for transpeople being similar to a ghost that was tormenting the man who killed his uncle. I have enjoyed writing this story and will most likely add this to my portfolio when it comes time to add another account. I know that sometimes it can be hard for a transgendered individual to find themselves and I know that it can be difficult to not have the means to transition. This is almost a fairy tale designed to spread hope to the transgendered individuals of the world even though this is only being used for this class. I hope you enjoy it.

Bibliography:

Pâtussorssuaq, Who Killed His Uncle 

Qalagánguasê, Who Passed to the Land of Ghosts