So – as I have been called out of my name many of a times recently for taking a stance for Justice, Equity and Equality – I wanted to highlight a few things.
First, I want to provide a list of why I will continue to push back on people that are mad at me or offended by my stances for calling your support of the current Republican Administration & 45: racist, homophobic, harmful, and dismissive of science and of HUMANS.
- Proclamation of National Day of Remembrance – if you need me to explain the racism involved in a day that Trump designated for American’s taken by ‘illegal aliens’ – in time for Mexico to celebrate Dia de los Muertos, you should likely stop reading here because there’s no hope for your levels of not acknowledging racism.
- Science – as my state and my home over taken with smoke, this President chose to say; “Okay.. It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch.” Moreover, the months following, we saw some of the largest wild fires in our history – yet, he will continue to dismiss climate change.
- This man also, chose to nominate and affirm a Supreme Court Justice, not only so close to an election, but also an individual that called my queerness a ‘preference’. A President in support of a lawmaker with such disgust for LGBTQ+ people - is a President with no intention of continuing to see justice, equity and equality for LGBTQ+ people in the years to come.
- COVID / Healthcare – Trump has continually disputed science, undermines medical professionals. Trump chose to instead of alternatives for economy stimulus, we saw a president open our restrictions and continued to allow American’s to be at risk for a virus that we do not know enough about, assuming that the amount of deaths actually don’t matter in the grand scheme of the future.
- BLACK LIVES MATTER! Trump has continued to bash BLM movement, not take action on systemic racism, but instead encourages American Terrorism, and sends military resources to hinder peaceful protestors, though that is a constitutional right.
The above are not my personal opinions or rhetoric to my own agenda, but are realities that we have faced and ALL of the above are only examples of the last several months of this administrations action. The above is a short list of examples that outline your racism, dismissal of science & human life, with supporting this administration.
“We can agree to disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and the denial of my humanity and right to exist” – James Baldwin
Also, a list of realities – known as MY PERSONAL TRUTH & OPINION.
- I am NOT a democrat or republican, and despise our two party system and believe the hate of party lines is a lot of the blurred ignorance keeping us from change.
- I have not said that I dislike a particular republican for anything other than concepts rooted in racism, xenophobia, and homophobia, dismissal of science or neglect and harm done, being done to humans with EXCUSES.
- I am NOT religious and my pain, frustration & intolerance of injustice – will NOT be fixed with your prayers. Honestly, from a lot of you, I would prefer my name stay out of your prayers unless you are praying continually for my own personal self-awareness and strength to deal with living in a country where I am supposed to casually accept those that dismiss my humanity by projecting personal religious views onto my person.
- I am a queer; though you may make your own personal assumptions based on the exterior appearance of my seemingly ‘hetero-normative’ life – my truth is I AM QUEER! I am impacted by a governing leader that did NOT let my voice be heard, but instead took to a personal agenda to nominate a Justice with a backing of an ill represented senate, that can potentially bring harm to my life.
- I AM a Jesus-apologist, NOT a CHRISTIAN and NOT ASHAMED. I spent years dedicating my life to learning scripture and doing my best to represent the full existence and love of Jesus Christ & I am daily not shocked but repulsed by people comparing such a FAUL human to the likeness or representation of the love, kindness and justice that is Jesus Christ.
“I believe in the freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.” – J. Lewis
