Queer &Trans folk, To all my This is a call to you. The metaphorical house of protection that had been built by the Obama Administration to protect us, is being burned to the ground. Actually, the entire minority neighborhood of the United States seems to be engulfed in flames. Our so called “president” has successfully revoked our legal protections against discrimination in the healthcare system. Let me repeat . The president of the United states, the person who is supposed to protect us in times of crisis, and provide us with basic protections, has struck the match and decided that our lives aren't worth protecting. A law that had been put in place to ensure that LGBTQ+ folk never have to suffer and die at the hands of ignorance, a law that cost the government no extra funding to keep in place, a law that provides basic protections, has been TAKEN from us. Not only did he do this during a revolution to achieve protection of innocent black lives, but during a WORLDWIDE pandemic that has taken over 100,000 American lives. Without these protections, they can legally exterminate us. Not that this is the first time in which LGBTQ+ health has been dismissed all together. We must not forget that less than 40 years ago the Reagan Administration let an epidemic that seemingly only affected the gay community (news flash, it affected anyone having unprotected sex) go untreated despite the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of young, queer, people who died during his presidency. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT US! If their mindless followers will support them more by letting these atrocities occur, you may as well start planning your funeral now. Now is not the time for sugar coating, now is the time we demand change. We must march, protest, vote, petition, and fight the fire they have lit in our own backyards. We are NOT weak and NOT disposable. We will not let history repeat itself, we are smarter than that. We are here and queer and ready to kick some fucking ass. Queer generation, To the older Are you aware that history is repeating itself? Or have you forgotten that we are still fighting in the streets for our basic human rights? If I am being honest it seems that many of you have checked out of the revolution since Obama legalized same sex marriage. I will be thankful everyday that we get this same right as everyone else in the country, but the fight is not over. We understand that you have been fighting this fight a very long time, but you can’t give up. Maybe you even came out after the last wave of change and feel lost because you weren’t there to fight the good fight the first time. We do not judge you. We need you. Without you behind us, history will only repeat itself. This is your chance to spark new light and hope into a rather dark world. Don’t you see? Any friend, family member, or stranger you knew that died in the AIDS crisis or protesting the system will have died for absolutely NOTHING if you do not join this fight. Your voices, your stories, your experiences, can help us create a safer and more equal world for our youth to grow up in. We will not stand to let them grow up in a world that is seemingly safe but turns its back on them when they need them the most. This revolution is happening whether you join or not, but I beg of you to think of a better future, and be the people we need you to be to help achieve it. We call on you to educate our queer youth. We call on you to stand with us as we march through the streets, bearing signs with the same messages held with you not so long ago. We call on you to fight to solidify a world of equality in which your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren can call home. We call on you. LGBTQ+ allies, To the Where are you? Or should I say, what are you doing? I see so many posts from you all saying how you stand with us and support us in these times of crisis, but how? Have you made, signed and shared petitions? Have you donated to bail funds of the black trans women who have been arrested fighting two battles in one? Or even actively stood against hate and prejudice putting your own reputation on the line to save our name? Not doing these things, or actions like them does not make you a bad person, but it doesn’t make you an ally. There is still time for change. We need you. We need you to join us as we march through the streets demanding the rights that you have. We need you to sign the petitions and spread the word even if it makes your friends uncomfortable. Imagine how uncomfortable we are knowing that if we contract a deadly illness a doctor can legally refuse to treat us because of the gender we present as or the person we choose to love. The time for you to prove your allyship is now. We are at war; With the very institution which is supposed to protect us. Our legal right to healthcare has been rebuked, the ability to adopt children in the system is about to be taken away from us, there are still states in which electroshock conversion therapy is legal, we can still be denied housing and employment, and there is still absolutely no education of LGBTQ+ history or of sexuality in the classrooms of our youth. Your fight is not over because you “stand in solidarity”, change never happened from standing. We call on you to fight for us. We call on you to educate against ignorance. We call on you to protect the queer and trans folk being beaten down physically and mentally. We call on you now. Please hear us. ANYONE To else who believes in the right to life, You may be aware, or you may not, but the revolution is coming. We can’t stand idly by anymore and let the lives of LGBTQ+ folk, black people, immigrants, and so many more be taken without retribution. If you exist in a position of privilege, we need you to realize that the world's only hope is to read these calls and jump into action. If you believe that everyone deserves the right to life, you will not support the oppressive regime that runs America. Minority or not, we are dying at mass rates. Even the most privileged among us have fallen in response to the irresponsibility and ignorance of our government. They have provided inadequate healthcare supplies in the middle of a pandemic in which they were warned about a month in advance, and then turned around 2 days after protests for justice with military grade riot gear, to gas and shoot at innocent protesters and children. I am not telling you to change all of your political opinions. But you have got to see that COVID isn’t the only plague running America into the ground. Ignorance. Ignorance to the atrocities that have been committed to every. single. american. We are not asking you to attend our pride parades but to simply wake up. We are here to educate you, we are here to make change for everyone. If you truly believe that all lives matter then you will take a stand against the violence that has affected so many of your own neighbors. We don’t want to have to riot in the streets or march on Washington, we need to. We need you to understand that we don’t want to die the same way you don’t. That we love, fear, hate, and grieve just as you do. That we are human beings fighting because we just want to live without fear. So please, see the injustices that LGBTQ+ people face. The discrimination, the violence, the hate, just for existing. See the pain and suffering black people are fighting against every single day. When they go for a jog, go to the gas station, sell CD’s, sleep in their own homes, sell cigarettes, have a blinker out, or get accused of flirting with a white woman. See the heartbroken mothers and fathers whose children are in government custody, for the crime of existing. Children in cages being raped, beaten, and starved can not be viewed as something normal in America. None of this is normal. Do not desensitize yourself. We call on you to educate yourselves on the violence against innocent people. We call on you to see the change that is going to happen whether you want it to or not. We call on you to vote against another four years of violence and death. We call on you to wake up.
