Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto lives in the Pacific Northwest and works for our collective liberation in the long game of hope. They are a minister, activist, organizer, and Executive Director of TRUUsT (Transgender Religious professional Unitarian Universalists Together).
Learn more about Julián Jamaica Soto on UUA.org.
By Julián Jamaica Soto
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when your heart falls and your soulJulián Jamaica SotoFrom Spirit
A poem in response to the outbreak of war, written after the bombing of Iran by the U.S. and Israel.
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Moment of Reflection: A Poem for a Day Like ThisJulián Jamaica SotoFrom Spirit
You must be willing / to dream a dream / that carries forward / your community
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Your stories belong to youJulián Jamaica SotoFrom Spirit
no one can rename you
Other, it can’t stick, as you offer the gift
of being and saying who you are. -
Factory-installedJulián Jamaica SotoFrom Spirit
My bodily differences are part of my dignity and humanity.
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Exemplar: Gwendolyn HowardJulián Jamaica SotoFrom Editorial
Unitarian Universalism has not always made space for the work of trans ministers, but the work of trans ministers has been precious and irreplaceable just the same.
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My grandmother’s grinding stone / El molcajete de mi abuelitaJulián Jamaica SotoFrom Spirit
Surviving is made of the shadows of the grinding stone.