Like what with all the fascism going on, Trump teasing a third term, and even now passing a law to be able to deport U.S. Citizens. I can’t imagine people taking these threats lightly. So basically, how are you holding up?
cis gay dude here.
Poorly.
I’m not
Not so great to be honest. I’ve spent almost 30 years fighting to change all of this, and everything we have gained could all just be gone in the snap of the finger. And much worse.
I’ve been involved for less than half as much time and haven’t been through what the older ones have, but one of them told me something I’ve been thinking about lately.
They said the political and legislative fights are important but the true battles are for hearts and minds. They take longer to win but those victories are final because once people see a world in which we belong they can’t unsee it.
So it’s a fact that hard-won rights now can be taken with the snap of a finger, or simply ignored, but it won’t stand for long because most people won’t accept anything less as just. That is, it’s too late to undo what you fought for. The battles you won are won.
I’m sorry but that is the most high def version of that screenshot I have EVER seen.
Right!? i don’t even remember where i downloaded it from, its just what i had in my generic meme stockpile
Haven’t killed myself yet so that’s something
It really is, though. It’s not easy to do that every day, but cheers to you for every day you make it through to sleepy times.
Not in the US but my perspective on this whole thing is very mixed. Obviously I’m terrified of the rise of fascism and the exterminatory rhetoric that’s now so common when trans people are mentioned in politics. I’m terrified for a number of my friends, and I can’t help them, I can’t keep them safe and I can’t get them out.
For now I’m focusing my efforts locally, we’ve largely been able to keep that sort of thing out of Australia and have had some incredible support outside of the queer community at rallies and a recent counter protest against some terfs. I think we’ll be okay, we might even make some progress down here, very exciting and it’s keeping me going despite everything else.
I’m not holding up well, but I am still standing. I really hope things turn around in the US and UK soon, my heart goes out to you all. I’d say stay strong, but honestly that’s not on you, just stay alive, it’s okay to not fight.
The silver lining in my head is that at least the USA can dissuade other countries from voting conservative. And if Canada/Australia take in US refugees, the progressive parties would get a huge boost in support.
To all my LGBT friends out here, stay strapped. Armed minorities are harder to oppress
Absolutely Horrible. I was already struggling due to ADHD, but since November I’ve felt completely awful. Some days I feel “I’m in the end of times” and force myself to indulge in games and food, but it never makes me feel better. Other days I run myself into the ground trying to plan some way to fight back. My next “to-do” is getting a pistol, but that’s hard in my state.
The only upside is I have felt less socially anxious about reaching out to new people. Having a real existential crisis does cause those fears of “what if they think I’m annoying” to subside.
Getting out to protests helps a LOT with the doom. And if you print out some flyers for the General Strike to hand out, you can help halt this shit in a clear and tangible way. Keep your internal narrative about your next move, not theirs.
Boy do I feel this. Dissociate, panic, dissociate, panic…
Not well! My son has an event in Kentucky next weekend. The last time we went, there was trump merch and shit at literally every stand. I’m legit nervous to go this time. The rhetoric has gotten so out of hand, I’m afraid.
The current administration is treading on thin ice.
It’s not possible to stop the spread of information and resistance in our interconnected world if people want to connect.
And this administration is driving people together.
Hopefully this shit will be over soon, if they keep pushing fascism down our throats they’ll be executed by a mob.
Edit: Even if this gets better I’ll still probably move to Canada. The US is over unless we fully go radical left.
just waiting for the end.
Yup, that’s pretty much it. I am in Germany, but they’ve recently voted in a complete bastard who sucks up to the fascists.
God damn terrified and suicidal, thankful I’ve got good friends to ground me.
I’m poly, my girlfriend is married to a woman. They have been looking hard at contingency plans. One of them is eligible for dual-citizenship due to ancestry and is looking into that process, and they have confirmed with friends in another country that they could rent a room with them if necessary.
A couple weeks ago, she asked me if I would marry her in the event they felt the need to divorce and “go undercover” looking more heteronormative.
They are scared. They feel like they are not that far removed from the “kind of person” who might be next up for disappearances by our current government.
Here’s a hug to anyone who needs one:
🫂
Nice try FBI
Yeah, an important reminder that nothing on the fediverse is truly private. Use rotating alternate accounts, opsec, and VPN/proxies if you believe yourself to be in potential danger for your opinions.
I’d recommend using tor.
They already know that LGBTQ people hate the current state of affairs. They don’t need to spy on us to figure that out.
But we could be a lot louder about it
louder
Wear a mask / gloves, wipe your fingerprints off the bottles, leave your cellphone at home, avoid tollways or anywhere with cameras aimed at your license plate, park way off site.
Y’know, for noise reduction.
Have a good day, NSA
It’s not gay if it’s TSA
Cya later, CIA
Ciao?
