As a Queer Person, I’m Doing THIS in the Aftermath of the U.S. Election
Queers Need To Realize That Elections Won’t Save Us
What I’m doing after the election is prioritizing community
It’s heartbreaking when a terrible man ascends to power. Every time this happens, and it’s by no means a unique experience in America, we are reminded of just how horrible our system is. And when that man is the next leader of your country — a man who campaigned trampling on your very identity — a whole lot of people crash against that realization at the same time.
Trump will be president, and he didn’t need a coup d’état to get there. He didn’t have to encourage sheriffs to deputize half of America. He merely achieved it through the normal transition of power.
That’s been happening a lot recently, hasn’t it?
Trump. W. Bush. Reagan. Our system sure is electing people every few decades who reliably upend everything for the worse, and this time will be no different. Americans will have to fight against potential rollbacks to our bodily autonomy, our healthcare, and so much more.
As us queers reckon with all the work we will have to do to preserve and expand our rights, its comes time we face the fact that the current…
