I wrote this today to my white relatives in the Florida panhandle. This is my mother’s sister, husband, and their children who are around my age. I would never remain in contact with KKK supporters or sympathizers, so why do so with them because we share a bit more DNA? This did not make me too sad. What made me sad was suppressing my feelings of rage against them and their hatred for so many years. Now that is gone because I will never interact with them again. That’s a huge relief.
Dear Lxxxxx relatives,
I wish none of you any ill will.
However, for all of my life you have voted against me both as a gay man and as a Mexican American.
You voted for a man who dismissed a Judge and his entire lifetime of accomplishments because, “He’s a Mexican.” Anyone who supports this does not support me, my sister, or my nieces and disgustingly insults the memory of my father.
You voted for a man who a man who has called for stripping me of any and all rights to be in a relationship with my partner and who chose Pence. Pence tried to pass legislation for taxpayers to pay for electroshock therapy for gay, lesbian, and transgender people. They are both violent psychopaths.
Once again, as in 2000, the Democratic candidate for president actually won the overall vote. However, people like you in the slave states voted for the Republican, and the Republican becomes President anyway despite getting fewer votes.
I will never speak to or be in the presence of any of you who voted for Trump ever again. You are not my family. Please do not ever contact me again. If there are any in your family who did not vote for Trump, presumably Tom and his wife, nothing has changed for me in my relationship with them.
Again, I wish no harm to any of you, but as of today you have 1 fewer nephew or cousin.