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A thread on survival in dark times for LGBTQ+ people https://twitter.com/AmazonChique/status/1309972709657341952
Not to distract from OP's thread, because the information is useful, sobering, and what a lot of people probably need to hear right now, but there is a level of dissonance between me and most of the conversations I see about being out in the past decade
You know, being rural
You know, being rural
The acceptable social media and pop culture standards for what being out and proud means, to me, for most of my life, really haven't applied
And so I feel wildly disconnected from younger and more metropolitan people, with wildly different concerns
And so I feel wildly disconnected from younger and more metropolitan people, with wildly different concerns
I'm fortunate enough that I live in a place that has been easier to *be* out, and that, for the most part, I don't have to stop and think about what danger I could be inadvertently putting myself in just by being around the wrong people at the wrong time
But that may not last
But that may not last
Because if somebody is going to beat you, or try to rape you, they don't care what specific labels you use, or who has what privilege in what club, or how lesbians are portrayed in children's media, or whatever the topic of the day is
If I'm going to be hurt, it's for one reason
If I'm going to be hurt, it's for one reason
Survival is always on my mind, it will always be on my mind, and I want people to see how we're going to need each other to survive this
As a people, as a community, as a block, as a neighborhood, as a city, whatever
Organization is the only thing that's going to save any of us
As a people, as a community, as a block, as a neighborhood, as a city, whatever
Organization is the only thing that's going to save any of us
