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tenpo tonsi

People of all genders gather in a festivally decorated bar for pride month. A drag performer marks the foreground.

People of all genders gather in a festivally decorated bar for pride month. A drag performer marks the foreground. Image: Mendocino Pride 2023 - Sarah Stierch - 33 | by Sarah Stierch. | CC-BY-4.0

kon mi li tonsi.

mi wile olin e jan tonsi.

mi wile unpa e jan tonsi.

tenpo pini la mi nasa tawa kulupu mi.

ona ale li mije anu meli.

ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante.

ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante.

tenpo mute la mi pilin pi wan taso.

taso tenpo wan la mi tawa tenpo tonsi.

a, ni a li kulupu mi!

My spirit is gender-nonconforming.

I want to love gender-nonconforming people.

I want to have sex with gender-nonconforming people.

In the finished time, I was strange from the perspective of my community.

They all are masculine or feminine.

They all loved people of another spirit.

They all had sex with people of another spirit.

At many times I only-one feeling.

But one time I went to a gender-nonconforming moment.

Ah, this is my community ah!

kon mi li tonsi

mi wile olin e jan tonsi

mi wile unpa e jan tonsi

tenpo pini la
zz mi nasa tawa kulupu mi

zz ona ale li mije anu meli

zz ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante

zz ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante

zz tenpo mute la
zz zz mi pilin pi wan taso

taso
tenpo wan la
zz mi tawa tenpo tonsi

zz a
zz ni^> a li kulupu mi

kon mi li tonsi.

mi wile olin e jan tonsi.

mi wile unpa e jan tonsi.

tenpo pini la mi nasa tawa kulupu mi.

ona ale li mije anu meli.

ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante.

ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante.

tenpo mute la mi pilin pi wan taso.

taso tenpo wan la mi tawa tenpo tonsi.

a ni a li kulupu mi.

toki pona English sitelen pona
kon mi li tonsi. My spirit is gender-nonconforming. kon mi li tonsi kon mi li tonsi.
mi wile olin e jan tonsi. I want to love gender-nonconforming people. mi wile olin e jan tonsi mi wile olin e jan tonsi.
mi wile unpa e jan tonsi. I want to have sex with gender-nonconforming people. mi wile unpa e jan tonsi mi wile unpa e jan tonsi.
tenpo pini la mi nasa tawa kulupu mi. In the finished time, I was strange from the perspective of my community. tenpo pini la
zz mi nasa tawa kulupu mi
tenpo pini la mi nasa tawa kulupu mi.
ona ale li mije anu meli. They all are masculine or feminine. zz ona ale li mije anu meli ona ale li mije anu meli.
ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante. They all loved people of another spirit. zz ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante.
ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante. They all had sex with people of another spirit. zz ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante.
tenpo mute la mi pilin pi wan taso. At many times I only-one feeling. zz tenpo mute la
zz zz mi pilin pi wan taso
tenpo mute la mi pilin pi wan taso.
taso tenpo wan la mi tawa tenpo tonsi. But one time I went to a gender-nonconforming moment. taso
tenpo wan la
zz mi tawa tenpo tonsi
taso tenpo wan la mi tawa tenpo tonsi.
a, ni a li kulupu mi! Ah, this is my community ah! zz a
zz ni^> a li kulupu mi
a ni a li kulupu mi.

kon mi li tonsi.

kon mi li tonsi

kon mi li tonsi.

en

My spirit is gender-nonconforming.

sitelen Lasina

kon mi li tonsi.

mi wile olin e jan tonsi.

mi wile olin e jan tonsi

mi wile olin e jan tonsi.

en

I want to love gender-nonconforming people.

sitelen Lasina

mi wile olin e jan tonsi.

mi wile unpa e jan tonsi.

mi wile unpa e jan tonsi

mi wile unpa e jan tonsi.

en

I want to have sex with gender-nonconforming people.

sitelen Lasina

mi wile unpa e jan tonsi.

tenpo pini la mi nasa tawa kulupu mi.

tenpo pini la
zz mi nasa tawa kulupu mi

tenpo pini la mi nasa tawa kulupu mi.

en

In the finished time, I was strange from the perspective of my community.

sitelen Lasina

tenpo pini la mi nasa tawa kulupu mi.

ona ale li mije anu meli.

zz ona ale li mije anu meli

ona ale li mije anu meli.

en

They all are masculine or feminine.

sitelen Lasina

ona ale li mije anu meli.

ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante.

zz ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante

ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante.

en

They all loved people of another spirit.

sitelen Lasina

ona ale li olin e jan pi kon ante.

ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante.

zz ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante

ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante.

en

They all had sex with people of another spirit.

sitelen Lasina

ona ale li unpa e jan pi kon ante.

tenpo mute la mi pilin pi wan taso.

zz tenpo mute la
zz zz mi pilin pi wan taso

tenpo mute la mi pilin pi wan taso.

en

At many times I only-one feeling.

sitelen Lasina

tenpo mute la mi pilin pi wan taso.

taso tenpo wan la mi tawa tenpo tonsi.

taso
tenpo wan la
zz mi tawa tenpo tonsi

taso tenpo wan la mi tawa tenpo tonsi.

en

But one time I went to a gender-nonconforming moment.

sitelen Lasina

taso tenpo wan la mi tawa tenpo tonsi.

a, ni a li kulupu mi!

zz a
zz ni^> a li kulupu mi

a ni a li kulupu mi.

en

Ah, this is my community ah!

sitelen Lasina

a, ni a li kulupu mi!