I am stepping off of the gay marriage bandwagon.
It has been a heck of a journey. I really have enjoyed much of it, too:
the building excitement each time that a case went to the Supreme
Court, the waves of happiness every time that the tide turned for
individual states, the joy and comfort of seeing my Facebook feed turn
red at various points through the years.
I read up on gay marriage. I browsed articles following the successes and analysing the future of gay
marriage. I looked up information on the benefits that gay marriage
will have for society, and I have used that information as talking
points for discussions with everyone from family members to politicians.
Over the past few weeks, however, I have learned that the gay marriage
movement has plenty of support. It doesn't need me waving flags, posting
articles, and carrying on with anyone else about how it will benefit
LGB folk. The movement already has that - so, so much of that. Loud,
vociferous support. The kind of support that, if you *dare* talk about
housing, jobs, intersectionality, restrooms, access to healthcare, a
re-examination of family structures - *anything* else at all under the
sun, you will be jumped and accused of trying to derail the movement,
putting interests of others ahead of those of LGB people who will
benefit from gay marriage, offering up the LGB movement to bigots as
fodder for their hate orgies, etc.
To my wonderful, supportive
family and friends: you are awesome. I am so, so grateful for all of
your support - all of it. Every single intersectional piece of it. (You
didn't get up here because you tout one issue only, after all.) This
includes your support for gay marriage. Gay marriage will indeed benefit
me, and I appreciate everyone's efforts supporting it. It's just that I
won't be as vocal as I have been in the past. I won't be changing my
profile photo for it. I won't be posting articles and memes about it.
The hard-core cheerleading section for gay marriage has got this
covered, and it certainly doesn't need me anymore.
And I certainly don't need the toxicity of so many of its supporters.*
Much love to all of you. I look forward to many more loving and fun-filled times with you all. Thank you again so much.
-Freedom
No comments:
Post a Comment