A Gun That Makes People Stop Being Transphobic

short fiction

“Isn’t that just a normal gun?” I said. It was Saturday. We were curled up on the couch in her apartment together, her feet in my lap, drinking raktajinos, which are Klingon coffees from Star Trek and also delicious. “Ha,” said Kaitlinn. “But no. A normal gun makes people not transphobic by killing them. This is a special gun that makes people not transphobic without killing them.” It looked like a normal gun to me, sitting there on top of her coffee table books. Honestly it had me on edge. One of the things I liked best about Kaitlinn, although I would have died before admitting it, was…

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• Alicia Ran

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