trans people are holy

february 2026 • graphic design

I am incandescently lucky to share my life with a trans man, so radiantly fortunate to be in his orbit and call him the love of my whole life. I made these designs as a celebration of him and of every trans person that is living or has ever lived before.

The painting I used is The Roses of Heliogsbalus by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1888) and features Elagabalus, empress of Rome, who is believed to have been a trans woman.

A painting entitled "The Roses of Heliogabalus" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema with text overtop that says, "To be trans is to be holy."
A painting entitled "The Roses of Heliogabalus" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema with text overtop that says, "Transness is next to godliness."
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