"Like many of you, I wake up each morning with the feeling that they're coming for us. But then I think, they have always come for the queers. And we have always, throughout human history, stood watch all night over the fire. We have always taken care of each other, and we will keep on doing it.
I've been joking lately that I'm just going to get gayer. I'm going to make up new pronouns. I'm going to keep going out, dancing with my friends—which we call Church—and I'll go on gay marrying my loved ones as an ordained minister with the highest of internet credentials, and I'll watch Queer Ultimatum if I have to and Heated Rivalry because I want to, and I will honor the memories of our BIPOC queer and trans ancestors. I will fight for trans youth, and I will keep writing and sharing our stories no matter how much they try to silence or censor us."
-D/ANNIE LIONTAS (they/them)
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