I miss you so much, Sun. I can still remember your laugh in 6th period Pre calc, you made that class almost worth attending. You gave me advice, you cracked me up, we went on adventures, we ate that brownie we shouldn't have and got on the metro... I wanted to be your friend since the first time we met, and we were friends. As much as we could be - I always felt your distance that I never began to understand. I accepted that I might never. I hear you, you didn't hate yourself. The world should have been kinder to you. I accept and love all of you, including the parts I never got a chance to meet.

Hi Sun, we never met; you were on an altar at API Chaya's 24th annual vigil.
You were not unfortunate to be born the way you were. You were unfortunate to be born in a world that views and treats us as they do.
I started hormone replacement therapy when I was 25 and have been on injections for about 2 years & 4 months (had my top surgery back in May!). I've loved all of the physical changes. I've never loved myself more.
Despite how happy I feel in my own skin, I do find the weight of the world difficult to bear sometimes. I'm sorry you felt so alone and that you wouldn't find your light again.
You lit a light in others and I will carry your light within me.

Sun had remarkable intelligence and insight and was a great leader in our movement. WCSAP feels grateful to have worked with him. It was unusual for our organization to reach out to such a young person as an expert who could teach advocates. We have deep sadness of knowing that even with support from family and community, as a young trans person, he had so many mountains to climb in life.

During the community memorial we were moved by this Toni Morrison quote, “When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else”. We will carry the meaning of these words and Sun’s work with us.

Remember that day when I complimented your hair on the bus? It had been a long and shitty day, and seeing you there with that lavender platinum hair just made it better. You gave me so much just by existing in this world. Reminded me that I wasn't the only one. I still don't have words. I may never have words. I am sorry that you had to leave but I promise I will do everything I can to make a better world for my dongsaengs. Rest in power.