I illustrated this version of Frank a couple years ago after some anti-trans violence (in Europe or the U.S.). Sadly there have been so many, I don’t recall what the specific event was. More than ever right now, we need to look after each other and fight back against all this anti-2SLGBTQ+ violence and erasure.

You deserve the world that’s in your vision, but you’ll have to fight for it every day. Truthfully, you have already been fighting. It probably took a lot for you to understand your identity, and even more if you’ve been able to share it with others. Lean into the fire, fight, and resilience that already lives inside you. I want you to be defiant. If there was ever a time to disobey, this is it. We are a creative, disruptive people who have never accepted silence.

Source: Teen Vogue (January 27, 2025)