They will train you to doubt yourself
and be disdainful of love.
They will teach you to be alien to
your own affections and body.
They will require you, as rite of
passage and admission to their
clubhouse, to look upon your
own tribe with shame.
They will submit you to demands
that suppress your truth and
support their fictions.
They will pretend that you
are not a part of the whole,
and make you invisible and mute.
They will lie and avoid and mask
in order to make of us what they
wish.
These things are all givens.
These ordeals have been survived
for centuries.
The only question is...
What will WE do?
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I love this!
This was done by Ashly, of NewAgeAmazon.buzznet.com
to advertise her mag, The Riot.
This is exactly the Warrior attitude we need in the gay
community to take a stand against the outdated and
unacceptable notions and actions that persist.
And while many might erroneously think that because of
strides and visibility, we are doing better, we are actually
in a precarious place.
All the bigots and crazies are going to come at us harder
than ever because they see us as a threat to their lives
(Why? Who knows why crazy people do anything.
They're stupid, they're gullible, they're scared, they're
unwilling to change. That's all we need to know.)
The true directive is to get stronger; that's what we can control.
Let's give them something to worry about!
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