That is what the readers want.
A couple of weeks ago I posted about Fantasia Fair… I set a record for visits to my blog!
When I write about a trans woman being beaten with a 2x4… 30 or 40 hits.
When I write about a Connecticut politician trying to strip health insurance from us… nothing.
When I write about a bill to prevent trans children from transitioning… again 30 or 40 hits.
When I wrote about Fantasia Fair… 1200 hits!
People one day you are going to wake up and find that it is now illegal for us to go out in public, get your head out of the sand. Hate crimes against trans people are skyrocketing! Laws against us has turned into an epidemic! Dozens, and dozens of laws have been introduced not only in red states but also in blues states. Courts have ruled against us in housing, employment, and in public accommodations.
They don’t care if you only crossdress on weekends, they don’t care if you have transitioned, all they care about is that they hate your guts and want to see you dead! Dead! Dead! The murder of trans people this year is on its way of setting a record for our murders.
Harvey Milk at speech given on Gay Freedom Day (1978-06-25) in San Francisco said,
Gay brothers and sisters, you must come out. Come out to your parents. I know that it is hard and will hurt them, but think about how they will hurt you in the voting booth! Come out to your relatives. Come out to your friends, if indeed they are your friends. Come out to your neighbors, to your fellow workers, to the people who work where you eat and shop. Come out only to the people you know, and who know you, not to anyone else. But once and for all, break down the myths. Destroy the lies and distortions. For your sake. For their sake.
It was true then it is true now.
You upset their 1950 view of the United States, they do not like you if you are different from them wither it is your skin color, your religion, your sexual orientation, your gender identity, you are different from them and they hate feeling “uncomfortable.”
You can’t hide, it is time for action.
Get out and be an activist just by being yourself.
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Rant away! I consider your work here a necessary aggregate of news I may have otherwise missed on other LGBTQIA+ sites. Even reaching 30 or 40 people on a regular basis is *something* for those people. If traffic surges on Songalong Saturdays or an occasional puff piece, there may be 0.05% to .15% of those additional 1200 views who become a regular or semi-regular reader. Still, it's something. For those of us who do only area activism, it's nice to see other people from whom we can filch resources without as much effort :)
ReplyDeleteYou have hit the nail on the head on one of the beefs I have with a segment of the trans community. I won't go further...
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