Diana wrote this on her blog on Saturday and it needs repeating here on Monday.
Fluff
[RANT]That is what the readers want.
A couple of weeks ago I posted about Fantasia Fair… I set a record for visits to my blog!
When I write about a trans woman being beaten with a 2x4… 30 or 40 hits.
When I write about a Connecticut politician trying to strip health insurance from us… nothing.
When I write about a bill to prevent trans children from transitioning… again 30 or 40 hits.
When I wrote about Fantasia Fair… 1200 hits!
People, one day you are going to wake up and find that it is now illegal for us to go out in public. Get your head out of the sand. Hate crimes against trans people are skyrocketing! Laws against us has turned into an epidemic! Dozens and dozens of laws have been introduced not only in red states, but also in blues states. Courts have ruled against us in housing, employment and in public accommodations.
They don’t care if you only crossdress on weekends, they don’t care if you have transitioned. All they care about is that they hate your guts and want to see you dead! Dead! Dead! The murder of trans people this year is on its way of setting a record for our murders.
Harvey Milk, at speech given on Gay Freedom Day (1978-06-25) in San Francisco said,
Gay brothers and sisters, you must come out. Come out to your parents. I know that it is hard and will hurt them, but think about how they will hurt you in the voting booth! Come out to your relatives. Come out to your friends, if indeed they are your friends. Come out to your neighbors, to your fellow workers, to the people who work where you eat and shop. Come out only to the people you know, and who know you, not to anyone else. But once and for all, break down the myths. Destroy the lies and distortions. For your sake. For their sake.
It was true then, it is true now.
You upset their 1950 view of the United States; they do not like you if you are different from them whether it is your skin color, your religion, your sexual orientation, your gender identity – you are different from them and they hate feeling “uncomfortable.”
You can’t hide, it is time for action.
Get out and be an activist just by being yourself.
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