This is a long biographical rant- blame Bush, he earned it.
So today, me and my friends get to play punching bag dujour for Bush and his pals. I feel so ~special~. Not that there's exactly any other day we Queers get the day off, but today, we get an extra helping of hatred, how nice. He gets to demand we be treated inequitably outta one side of his mouth, while blathering about 'tolerance and respect for all Americans' outta the other. We're a cheap and easy, historically disadvantaged target that even our supporters sometimes can't seem to get beyond their own 'ick!'s over. 'Gay equality- sure, but gay sex? Euwwwwwwie!'
Call me crazy, but I recognize certain realities here. It always seems to come down to us Queers to write the 'they're Queer bashing' diaries. So here I am again, 'educating'.
Of course, it's really your 'job' to care, folks, not mine to remind you to.
But, by way of a long hard nudge in the empathy department, I'll "educate", 'cause odds are, my "marriages" don't look like yours.
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