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LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! Here’s My Personal Story.
I spent nearly 60 years in purgatory, I’m here to stay!
Ruthlessly prioritizing winning will make the groups mad, and that’s OK — in fact, it will be good for them. — Adam Jentleson in the NYT
Read Adam’s words or let me paraphrase them. Adam is telling us that the end justifies the means. As a transgender woman, I am one of the few fortunate ones with resources. I still have a career, family, and friends. Even so it is not easy for me. I face my own challenges while, at the same time, I am forced to watch so many friends in our communities drown in biased treatment, lack of access to healthcare, and rejection from charity organizations. I help as I can. It is not enough. If we don’t continue to push back, it will get worse. It is getting worse!
Letting them drown “will be good for them” says, Adam Jentleson. Adam, are we really at that point? The point where we start ejecting passengers from the spaceship so we have enough fuel to reach our destination? Have you decided that we not draw straws, because some people are better than others so it’s obvious who will go out the airlock?
Funny that you are not in the airlock with us!
What if, even after we are gone, you still don’t have enough fuel? Who will be…
