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HAPPY PRIDE, Y'ALL!

Be squeaky wheels and loud voices
Proud in the face of hate
And if necessity says, pick up a brick
Remember: the first Pride was a riot
So know your roots, and those who came before
And be the growth, strong, deep, reaching still
For safety, for love, and simple truth:
A life lived no worse than any other

(Have a spontaneous little poem. And ALSO: being growth includes keeping yourself safe; like leaf buds or flower blossoms, if you will. Don't rush it; in your own time, you will bloom and be GLORIOUS.)

Why did I buy a "The Future is Queer" T-shirt when I'm not #queer? Because this isn't a statement of personal interest or ideology.

It's fact.

See how queer people live now - how safe & healthy & accepted they are, or sadly much more commonly are not? That's how everybody will live in the future if we don't stand by them.

You know the fucking poem.

Also, it pisses me off to no end that marginalized people are made to be canaries in the coalmine for the rest of us. We must do better.