Some of us Queer people are too young to remember that many in our community famously did not survive the Reagan presidency, by some combination of design and indifference.
And what we seem not yet ready to admit is that many of us will likely not survive the upcoming Trump presidency, which will be purely by design, even if tempered by incompetence.
Much of how it all shakes out for you personally will be based on what you do NOW to get ready for the brutality of what’s potentially to come: forced disclosures, bounties, internment, indoctrination, deportations, purges, harassment, blackmail, vigilantism, denial of rights and services, selective prosecution, and more.
Take it from Queer elders. We’ve seen versions of it all before.
And yet many of us are still woefully unprepared, stuck in some paralytic state of denial and normalcy bias, even though we have but a brief reprieve before things likely get bad. Real bad.
So now is the time to get real, get empowered, and go be your own superhero. And for the love of god, get off your butt and go make a plan.
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