I didn't "come out" as a kid, in part because there were bigger crises in my childhood. I just was, & later found my "people" among those who grieved the limits of so much LGBTQ+ activism.
Queerness asks big questions about why society is the way it is. Why can't we choose who's with us in hospital? Why does a certificate decide so much? Why are human rights contingent on label status?
*Society* still needs to come out (of its old shell).
And we will welcome it when it does.
🫂 Thank you for sharing that pain, Rebecca. So much hard living in just a few lines.
Queer folk make the easiest scapegoats for people who in times of scarcity and uncertainty seek power by promising a return to order.
Between climate change, demographic shift in the US, and the rise of emboldened nationalism from both, we're living in a perfect storm of excuses for hate and violence to that end.
These will not be easy days, or years.
But we will meet them all the same. 🫂
@MLClark Thank you for sharing your story. You write so well, the proof of your wisdom shows between the lines and within your daily life of kindness, and understanding.
It's like birdsong, in a way. Calling out only to hear a familiar yet different refrain echoing back. "I am here, and I see you. I have walked roads that sound some like yours. You are not alone."
Thank you for the blessing of your story.
It is far better to live the life you want than the lie they give you- Sean Kennedy
@MLClark "In a world of ubiquitous cruelty, kindness is a revolutionary act."
Well Viva La Revolution. I have seen it plain that the only thing that one reaps from hatred is regret and misery.