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I am a Voter. I am voting for more than myself. i am voting for Thomas Chamberlain, my first love who died of HIVAids in 1993. Thomas would have been so amazed to have voted for a president who looked like him. Same smile. compassionate heart. a strong black man. my friends that knew Thomas knew that he was the kindest most beautiful man and knew i was so very lucky to be with him.What a hard time that was, living through the AIDs epidemic and coming into my own as a young gay man as my friends were dying all around me and then Thomas getting sick.... This election i also carry my love for David. We just celebrated 10 years together but cannot legally marry and get the same benefits as other couples.We live in california. Obama has been the best president regarding GLBT rights in my lifetime. i am proud of our President. i also carry with me the strong women in my life.. my sisters and mom and aunts and my grandma and my best friend Maw. i am voting for equal pay for equal work and a women's right to choose. Who do you carry with you into the voting booth?
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Today i will be phone banking for Obama as i did this last weekend calling wisconsin voters. But what I want to say in this diary something profound about who i carry with me into the voting booth. i dont know if i have the words, but here goes.... i am voting for Thomas Chamberlain, my first love who died of HIVAids in 1993. Thomas would have been so amazed to have voted for a president who looked like him. Same smile. compassionate heart. a strong black man. my friends that knew Thomas knew that he was the kindest most beautiful man and knew i was so very lucky to be with him.What a hard time that was, living through the AIDs epidemic and coming into my own as a young gay man as my friends were dying all around me and then Thomas getting sick.... This election i also carry my love for David. We just celebrated 10 years together but cannot legally marry and get the same benefits as other couples.We live in california. Obama has been the best president regarding GLBT rights in my lifetime. i am proud of our President. i also carry with me the strong women in my life.. my sisters and mom and aunts and my grandma and my best friend Maw. i am voting for equal pay for equal work and a women's right to choose. i know this isnt much of diary but i know that we all vote for more than just ourselves. who do you carry with you into the voting booth?
This is my first diary. I am white and i am gay. My boyfriend Thomas died in 1993 of Hiv Aids.. He was the most beautiful man you could ever imagine.. I think of him often when i see images of the president. they both have the same beautiful smile.. tall..sexy...and kind. Thomas would have been blown away that a black man was president, a man that looked like him... Back then we couldn't even imagine it.. Thomas taught me a lot about racism... things i would never ever even think about.. like can you imagine how strange it would be to go to a club or bar where he was the only black man? i began to see some of the hidden racism.. ( and no i am not saying that i can fully understand what it was that he experienced... i would forever be on the outside of that experience) . i remember one time we were going to a dance club.. i am was several years younger than thomas, so i was surprised to NOT be ID'd. but they asked thomas for his and when he showed his ID .. they said that they needed to see TWO picture ID's... they wouldn't let him in... This was at a club in los angeles... in the 1980's... i wrote this in Robinswing's diary. (please read her Diary. i agree with everything shes says and it is exactly as i see it too. i am not alone.)
the main reason why i went from a lurker to actually setting up an account was from the way the picture diaries from black water dog were being trolled and belittled... at a democratic site the clique that you allude too would provoke supporters of the president.. and particularly black supporters.. my whole take was why cant obama critics leave those picture diaries alone.. couldnt they see how politically powerful it was as DEMS to show positive strong pictures of our first AA president and family to combat decades of images of showing black men as thugs or weak.. and then these same people started with the meme of Caver in chief.. weak ... ball less.. etc... and could not see the racism of those words....
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