Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Jack Knoxville Building the Inclusive Future We All Deserve ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.jackknoxville.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.jackknoxville.com/blog/) - [The Era of Quiet Allies Is Over](https://www.jackknoxville.com/the-era-of-quiet-allies-is-over/) - I can't wait until we make it to the other side of the evolution and I see more people around me getting vocal about the injustices and horrible treatment of their neighbors and loved ones, than what I do.Right now, there is entirely too much silence around the Trans community with 0 excuses for why.I - [Conditional Love ≠ Love](https://www.jackknoxville.com/conditional-love-≠-love/) - I’ve been sitting with a truth that keeps getting handed back to me like I’m supposed to accept it with a grateful smile:“People can still love you while holding racist beliefs.”And I need to say this clearly, because I am so tired of being asked to swallow harm in the name of peace:If someone’s love - [Encaustic Art](https://www.jackknoxville.com/encaustic-art/) - I’ve begun exploring a new medium in my mediumship. This is called encaustic art. This is new to me but one of the oldest forms of art. It is essentially painting with wax and in my case an iron with special wax pigments on a glossy card stock type of paper. Yesterday I did my - [A Tragic Truth About White Pride](https://www.jackknoxville.com/a-tragic-truth-about-white-pride/) - Angry white men flood the streets and the internet to declare “We will not be erased!” While symping for a system that erased them and their actual identities years ago.“Well how come we don’t celebrate white pride?” they ask, with no awareness or realization that the whiteness they proudly refer to is the result of a - [Intuitive Art](https://www.jackknoxville.com/intuitive-art/) - Last weekend, I got to take part in one of the coolest classes yet. It was an intuitive art class led by Cindy Kaza (one of my favorite mediums). If you’re unfamiliar with Cindy Kaza, she’s been on several paranormal shows like Dead Files, the Holzer Files, and a few others. More recently she and - [Calming my nervous system](https://www.jackknoxville.com/calming-my-nervous-system/) - It’s been a tumultuous and bumpy couple of months for me. I found my nervous system fried after the last attacks on Chicago from the current administration. Prisoner in my own home for existing as mixed, as trans, as disabled, as more than the void of hate these folks offer. It’s not sustainable to live - [Snow days](https://www.jackknoxville.com/snow-days/) - Chicago has already begun its deep freeze. I feel like somehow I’ve gone from summer to an arctic tundra without even leaving my house. I did the math, recently and realized that from September 5th until last week, I had only left my house 3-4 times. The idea of running into grown men cosplaying war - [These Shackles Have to Go](https://www.jackknoxville.com/these-shackles-have-to-go/) - Years ago, I wrote poetry as easily as I breathe. It flowed effortlessly and was the greatest gift to have been blessed with. Multiple head injuries and decades of trauma survived by bleeding my pain onto blank pages of spiral notebooks now strewn about this country like stars scattered across the night sky. And then - [Everyone deserves access to food that nourishes, not punishes](https://www.jackknoxville.com/everyone-deserves-access-to-food-that-nourishes-not-punishes/) - Let’s start with the truth:Food insecurity doesn’t exist because there’s not enough food. It exists because this country decided who deserves to eat.From the moment colonizers arrived on stolen land, food became a weapon. Native communities were starved into submission. Black farmers were pushed off their land. Government programs that were supposed to feed people - [The Missed Point of the No Kings Rallies](https://www.jackknoxville.com/the-missed-point-of-the-no-kings-rallies/) - The missed point of the no kings rallies, is that on Monday, our bank account was just as empty as it was on Friday. Our volunteer signup forms haven’t seen more signups, and Trans lives are no less under attack than they were a week ago. I’m not saying this as a hater, I’m saying it - [That’s What We’ve Been Trying to Tell You](https://www.jackknoxville.com/thats-what-weve-been-trying-to-tell-you/) - As I soak here in my bathtub, in a vain attempt to de-stress, I can’t help but to hear the sounds of sirens, screaming through the streets of Chicago seeping through a partially cracked window. Hoping to find refuge from the news, and rampant violence being perpetrated by our government against its visitors and citizens - [Self Care is Not Optional; it’s Essential](https://www.jackknoxville.com/self-care-is-essential/) - Today is essentially my day off. However, I’ve admittedly spent more time working and lending my brain to things that drain me than to things that restore me. It’s become an addiction at this point. To find myself scrolling on Facebook, despite telling myself I won’t be on my phone at all today. I did - [The Almost Surprising Truth About Racism in Trans Spaces](https://www.jackknoxville.com/the-almost-surprising-truth-about-racism-in-trans-spaces/) - When I first started transitioning, I really thought I had finally found "my people". People who could understand the struggles that I was up against every time I attempted to find community, needed medical care, struggled to get jobs I was beyond qualified for, and more. However, that was not the reality that I found. - [The Intentionality of Keeping People in Crisis](https://www.jackknoxville.com/the-intentionality-of-keeping-people-in-crisis/) - Being in a state of crisis is typically an unsustainable physical and emotional state of existence, which our systems go into after facing some form of serious trauma or shock.More than just "Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Faint" being in a state of crisis can last far beyond the introduction of initial stress.For most folks, being - [The Art of Keeping my Mouth Shut](https://www.jackknoxville.com/the-art-of-keeping-my-mouth-shut/) - It's a new skill. One that I am far from being able to perfect, though I am continuously trying to get better at. It's the art of keeping my mouth shut. Not because I don't think that my thoughts and opinions are valid, but because I'm trying to get better at preserving my own energy, - [If You Want me to Believe You're an Ally](https://www.jackknoxville.com/if-you-want-me-to-believe-youre-an-ally/) - If you want to me to believe that you're an ally to others, without being performative, start lifting up people from communities that you don't belong to. People who you admire, for their leadership, their talent, their minds, their stories of their magnificence, etc..If you want me to believe that you’re an ally who is - [The Unfunny Truth About Jimmy Kimmel and ‘White Betrayal’](https://www.jackknoxville.com/the-unfunny-truth-about-jimmy-kimmel-and-white-betrayal/) - Jimmy Kimmel was silenced for a couple of days after talking about Donald Trump’s response to the shooting of Charlie Kirk (or lack thereof). In the wake of Kimmel being silenced by this authoritarian administration, there were hundreds of thousands of people who made phone calls, organized, made posts, etc to demand that he get - [I can’t wait to be free](https://www.jackknoxville.com/i-cant-wait-to-be-free/) - I’ve spent most of my life in the south. Isolated from any semblance of community. It was refreshing to feel the open embrace of community in the city that will become my future home. In 2 weeks of being on the other side, I felt more support and joy than I have in 3 years - [It was 80 degrees in NC](https://www.jackknoxville.com/it-was-80-degrees-in-nc/) - But snowing in our future home. I’m an island guy who grew up in the south. My body wasn’t made for that level of cold; which is just getting started! 😂😅 this is definitely going to take some getting used to. 😅 - [Progress is not operating from an empty cup](https://www.jackknoxville.com/progress-is-not-operating-from-an-empty-cup/) - There’s nothing like working relentlessly to climb out of some bullshit for what seems like an eternity only to find myself backsliding and starting over again. Sometimes I wonder if this really is a simulation and I’m just doing it terribly wrong because it doesn’t feel like I’m getting anywhere. No matter how hard I’ve - [Why Marginalized Communities Need Alternative Social Media Spaces](https://www.jackknoxville.com/why-marginalized-communities-need-alternative-social-media-spaces/) - We’re living in a time where hate isn’t just creeping in — it’s being amplified. For marginalized communities, especially those of us within the 2TIGE community, mainstream social media has become both a megaphone and a minefield. Platforms that once promised connection now often deliver harassment, shadow bans, and blatant hostility.So what do we do - [Date Nights in Chicago Hit Differently!](https://www.jackknoxville.com/date-nights-in-chicago-hit-differently/) - I recently got to celebrate my birthday in my new home, Chicago. After spending the last 3 years in isolation, in NC, my wife and I became accustomed to basically working 10-12 hour days, playing Mario Party or Catan online, and going to bed because there was nothing else to do. As a queer couple - [Making America Racist Again](https://www.jackknoxville.com/making-america-racist-again/) - We knew it was coming but could any of us truly be prepared for the massive amount of misinformation and bs that we’ve seen so far?It’s been a struggle emotionally, to watch these EOs fly out of the White House for the last week or two but the racist Cheeto’s wishlist is only that; a - [Happy new years!](https://www.jackknoxville.com/happy-new-years/) - It took us 12 more hours of packing, loading. And cleaning today to gtfo of our house. It’s already 9:10 pm and I’ve got 20 hours of driving ahead. If we hope to “celebrate” tonight, we won’t be driving far. 😥😅 - [Night one](https://www.jackknoxville.com/night-one/) - Tonight is the first night, not in our home. My body is vibrating with pain and I’m having muscle spasms throughout my legs. My feet are on fire and I’m exhausted. Further proof that I’m no longer 20 anything. It’s scary and intimidating to pack it all up; again. We’ve boxed up or bagged what - [I think I can, I think I can](https://www.jackknoxville.com/i-think-i-can-i-think-i-can/) - It’s 9 pm and I’ve been packing, cleaning, and fixing shit all day. We’re supposed to pick up our truck tomorrow and still have so much to do. I feel like we’re never getting out of here but I’m also terrified that we’re getting so close to hitting the road. My body is screaming at - [Why pay for the American Dream?](https://www.jackknoxville.com/why-pay-for-the-american-dream/) - The cost of the American Dream Is way too highAnd I have bad creditFor the wee price of your soulYou too can get a house You’ll never truly ownWith a plot of land to matchSo why pay for the American dreamWhen the American nightmare is already free? - [New Music](https://www.jackknoxville.com/new-music/) - Dropped a new song on sound cloud tonight called My Place is Right Here Beside You. Check it out. - [Perhaps I’m delusional](https://www.jackknoxville.com/perhaps-im-delusional/) - Perhaps I’m delusional in thinking that we could or should be able to live our best lives. Perhaps that notion is just a dream and we are in fact living in a nightmare. (Sometimes I wonder if this planet and this existence is what others call hell, or a prison of some sort, where we - [Introductions!](https://www.jackknoxville.com/introductions/) - I'm Jack Knoxville the founder and executive director of the Trans Empowerment Project, a nonprofit that empowers Disabled and BIPOC members of the 2 Spirit, Trans, Intersex, and Gender Expansive communities. Beyond my role at TEP, I’m also known as the first transgender man to run for political office in the southern United States and - [The Random Babbles of a Gay...errr...Queer Writer](https://www.jackknoxville.com/the-random-babbles-of-a-gay-errr-queer-writer/) - I just read an article courteous of SheWired.com called “Are we Writers or are we Gay Writers?” and it made me think. Up until the last few months, I have never considered myself to be a gay writers, or lesbian writer, or anything other than a writer who happens to be gay. I’m actually a fairly heterosexual - [Panoramic - Community Clothing Swap](https://www.jackknoxville.com/panoramic-community-clothing-swap/) - [Pop-Art - Karate Kid](https://www.jackknoxville.com/pop-art-karate-kid/) - [Wanna be - Gangsta](https://www.jackknoxville.com/wanna-be-a-gangsta/) - I have no tolerance for intolerance no patience for impatience I speak my mind when that door is opened and intruders attempt to step in Never mind, the shaved head or tattooed neck, This is my world! my home! as much as it is for the next who are you to push me around or - [They Say...](https://www.jackknoxville.com/they-say/) - They say that it's all about the Children “Save the children!” from the perversions of nature and those against God I'm not against God I'm against your interpretations of him. They say that by teaching history also known as facts about the good things that we've done we are corrupting the children We are trying - [For the Love of Kyle, I Can't Take it Anymore](https://www.jackknoxville.com/for-the-love-of-kyle-i-cant-take-it-anymore/) - My heart is broken at the way that otherwise good people so smugly sit on national television, smirk on faces as ignorance takes over. It’s not them, I tell myself. But let’s face it, it is. A woman who represented the school district in Minneapolis has said that she felt “neutrality” meaning the silent condemnation - [Me too](https://www.jackknoxville.com/me-too/) - I say “Me too” to a group of people who’ve already discluded me while walking down inclusive halls of those mighty fine “Safe spaces” Eyes are met with blank stares as the smiles fade off of their faces I’m not white enough I’m not black enough I’m not cis enough or trans enough for these - [A Tribute (of sorts)](https://www.jackknoxville.com/a-tribute-of-sorts/) - I'm in my house,air conditioner blowing on a hotday,The oily smell of ground beefcookingon the electric stove"Glory Glory Hallelujah" bellowsfrom thetelevisionover the tick-tock of my walls clockThe first president I ever reallyknew ofhas just diedHis wife stands dignifiedjust at the the top of the stairs on the arm of a true military man American patriotism - [The Perfect Drug](https://www.jackknoxville.com/the-perfect-drug/) - I'm a paranoid schizophreniclittle freak who lives in their own little worldwhile pretending to live in yoursand I'm aware enough to know it wasn’t the magicmushroomsor notebooks of acidbut the abuse of others that’s lasted for so long inmy mindand if I could find another kind of drugto make me forgetall of the times that - [Transgender people in Tennessee: How one business owner walks a fine line in a small city](https://www.jackknoxville.com/transgender-people-in-tennessee-how-one-business-owner-walks-a-fine-line-in-a-small-city/) - Read Article >> - [Artivism - #Protect Knoxville](https://www.jackknoxville.com/artivism-protect-knoxville/) - #ProtectKnoxille was a safety campaign I designed, with a nod to organizing, promoting, and recognizing safe and inclusive spaces in Knoxville, TN circa 2016. Many restaurants, therapists, and retail shops, especially in the downtown area of Knoxville proudly displayed these stickers in their establishments to let, especially the Trans community, know they were amongst friends. - [Staying Silent About White Supremacy](https://www.jackknoxville.com/staying-silent-about-white-supremacy/) - [These 20 Modern LGBTQ+ Activists Will Inspire You to Change the World](https://www.jackknoxville.com/these-20-modern-lgbtq-activists-will-inspire-you-to-change-the-world/) - Read the Article >> - [Why Trans Activist Jack Knoxville is Fighting to Protect Your Rights](https://www.jackknoxville.com/why-trans-activist-jack-knoxville-is-fighting-to-protect-your-rights/) - Read the Article >> - [Jack Knoxville Started Trans Empowerment Project](https://www.jackknoxville.com/jack-knoxville-started-trans-empowerment-project/) - Read the Article >> - [Jack Knoxville started the Trans Empowerment Project & He’s an LGBTQ Nation 2022 Hometown Hero](https://www.jackknoxville.com/jack-knoxville-started-the-trans-empowerment-project-hes-an-lgbtq-nation-2022-hometown-hero/) - Read the Article >> - [Trans Empowerment Project Offers Vital Resources To The Trans Community](https://www.jackknoxville.com/trans-empowerment-project-offers-vital-resources-to-the-trans-community/) - Article created by the Rainbow Times Read the article >> - [Values Driven, Data Informed](https://www.jackknoxville.com/values-driven-data-informed/) - Jack is a very supportive, thoughtful, and collaborative data manager who has worked hard to ensure that teams, volunteers, and organizers have the access and tools they need to successfully complete the work. They have amazing time management and are able to support volunteers, chapter leaders, and national staff from across the country to use - [I have worked with Jack at Planned Parenthood](https://www.jackknoxville.com/i-have-worked-with-jack-at-planned-parenthood/) - I have worked with Jack at Planned Parenthood on a variety of projects. Jack is incredibly focused, diligent, kind and holds a strong values and skills alignment on every project we complete — making him not only an incredibly useful addition to any team, but also a delight to collaborate with no matter the occasion. ## Pages - [Home Page 2026](https://www.jackknoxville.com/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://www.jackknoxville.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/exec-fc82ff36-295b-455a-834e-90951c26096c-1.png” background_size=”contain” module_alignment=”center” min_height=”700px” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_css_free_form=”selector {|| background-size: contain !important;|| background-position: center right !important;|| background-repeat: no-repeat !important;|| background-color: #0d0b0b !important;}” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” custom_padding=”130px||100px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”22px” header_font=”Teko|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#f3eadb” header_font_size=”48px” header_letter_spacing=”2px” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px|20px|0px|20px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_free_form=”selector h1 {|| font-family: %22Teko%22, sans-serif !important;|| font-weight: 700 !important;|| - 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[Contact](https://www.jackknoxville.com/contact/) - Contact Me PO BOX 12233 Jacksonville, NC 28546 E-Mail me jack@transempowerment.org - [Home 2](https://www.jackknoxville.com/home/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] About Jack Founder and Executive Director, Trans Empowerment ProjectJack Knoxville was the first Trans Masc candidate to run for political office in the Southern United States, when he ran for office in Knoxville, TN - [Sample Page](https://www.jackknoxville.com/sample-page/) - 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