LGBTQ Advocacy

To my friends in the LGBTQ+ community, I want you to know that I stand with you, and as an ally I will always stand up for you.

I see how dangerous the world has become for you. I won’t let that stand unchallenged.

When I see the demonization of trans children for political expediency, I speak out against it.

When I see teachers and counselors who try to help those children being labeled as “groomers,” I speak out against it.

When I see same sex couples being ridiculed for raising children, I speak out against it.

When I see attempts to ban books that discuss sexual identity, I speak out against it.

When countries enshrine discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in official policy, I speak out against it.

When people attempted to deflect blame from the right wing extremist who attacked Paul Pelosi by claiming that the attacker was his secret lover, I spoke out against it.

When I hear hateful speech and “dog whistles” aimed at the LGBTQ+ community, I speak out against it.

I speak out because I must. This vile, hateful rubbish is worse than just tasteless and hurtful. It’s dangerous. It is being spewed constantly on powerful platforms, and people are dying as a result.

When people inflame hatred, whether deliberately or by virtue of their ignorance, we must stand up against it. We must challenge malignant words, ideas, gestures, and innuendo. Letting it stand is tantamount to encouraging more. Hatred cannot be tolerated.

If we want to live in a society where everyone’s rights are honored and protected, where every citizen can live safely and peacefully, it is our duty to push back against hatred and division and prejudice and to do so as firmly and as clearly as we can. Staying silent is not an option.