Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: Why Are They Going Dark?

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Why Are They Going Dark?

Two of the blogs that I follow have gone dark… one after seventeen years and the other after nine year.

I don’t understand why they stopped publishing we need positive roll models now more than ever, through our blogs we reach more than the trans community. Wednesday last week I wrote “This Is How We Change People's Minds” we give hope to our community and now more than ever we have to show that we will not be intimidated into silence. That we will not be forced back into the closet!

I will continue to be a beacon of hope. I will not kowtow to them.

I am here and I am queer! And I will not be silenced!

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songbird's crazy world11/10/24, 9:19 AM
I've been posting my politics all over the Internet for years.

But on Wednesday I seriously thought about scrubbing everything. I am a student of his and know all too well what totalitarian regimes do to dissidents. I can't seem to find my fighting spirit right now, I feel a mixture of disgust, despair and fear.

Perhaps that is why those blogs have shut down. They feel what I feel.
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Anonymous11/10/24, 10:41 AM
I was really disappointed when I brought up "Femulate" and saw a big black square with the note that it is no more. One has to wonder what the effect will be on the free expression of thought. As a teen in the 1960's there was no information in the public forum. I feared the consequences of discovery. How many teens with questions of their sexual identity will think "They are coming for me because I am different?"
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Anonymous11/10/24, 11:11 AM
YOU GO, GIRL! I haven't gone out much, but I now realize I will have to go out more. There is more need than ever to put a human face on who we are. Surrendering to bullies only encourages them. Worried about my safety? Perhaps. But I'm a damn site more worried about my freedom.

April Rose
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Diana_CT11/12/24, 11:26 AM
Their back....
And ready to give them hell!
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You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
You've got to be taught
To hate
And fear
You've got to be taught
From year
To year
Its got to
Be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to
Be carefully
Taught
You've got to be taught
To be
Afraid
Of people
Who's eyes are oddly made
And people who's skin is a different shade

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