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1. May 6th, 2023 at 3:29 pm
   Tommy Marx says:

   “George Santos mocked for demanding a “DIVORCE” between LGB & TQ+”

   That’s always been one of the things I’ve struggled with. I constantly feel like I’m this Pollyanna cheerleader type who is continually optimistic – even though I had a father who was extremely abusive and a mother who literally told me she’d prefer I was an alcoholic inmate instead of being gay (short story but not worth telling). I have been through a lot in my life – a lot less than many others, I imagine, but since when is hatred experienced and pain inflicted a competition. I’ve had my share of people who saw me as nothing but a homosexual (insert deragoratory words here) and people who were “understanding” while being ridiculously condescending and ugly.

   Being gay in a straight world isn’t easy. It wasn’t when I was growing up in the ’70s and early ’80s, and it sure as shit isn’t easy now.

   But I still remain optimistic.

   But when I see people suggest that gays, lesbians and bisexuals (and it wasn’t that long ago when bisexuals weren’t even included in the mix because again of prejudice and ignorance) should seek “equality” and let transgendered loved ones fend for themselves or something, I get so damn angry.

   Here’s a simple rule, and if it isn’t a cliche, it should be: no one is equal until everyone is equal. I was labeled as male at birth, I have always identified as male, and for almost my entire life, I’ve always said, “It was hard enough to accept being gay in an abusive, fundamentally “Christian” environment. I can’t even begin to fathom how hard it would have been if I hadn’t been born the gender I identify with.”

   I am so very sick and tired of people attacking people for wanting to be who they fucking are. I’m just so tired of it. You can only be optimistic for so long before you start wondering when does love actually win and when do people start acting like human beings again?

   I am not a lesbian (spoiler alert), I’m not transgendered, I’m not binary, I could list the things I’m not and it would fill up notebook after notebook. But I am human. And I care about every other human, and I want every other human to be treated with the dignity and respect that we all deserve.

   So no, I fight for LGBTQ+ and every other single initial you want to add into the mix rights. Because I’m optimistic. And because I’m human.