I'm tired, I'm sure you are too. Being Queer, Ally, or even just a casual third party Observer, it's easy to look at the events of the day especially in our Social-Media Doomscrolls as Existentially overwhelming. In many ways, the correct read here is that yes: we're kind of fucked all of the time and can't do much about it.
I want to encourage people to anticipate peril, but equally to know they can still fight. Battles in the Government reflect the voices of people in some capacity, and as economic situations become increasingly desperate for many U.S. Citizens, it's just not possible to not pay a price in blood for having a voice. Protests, letters of concern, showing up to local meetings and other things like that are privileges we're forced to pay out the nose for now. Even then, voting patterns and demography seemingly locks in place institutions that have no problem dismissing complaints. There's a tightening grip on lawful protests and acceptable disruption, and I can only encourage people to attempt the most law-abiding behavior as a mass-noun when resisting the casual tyranny of governments.
But there's a voice in me that yearns for something else I can do, and I'm just not strong or energetic enough to do it. If you care about LGBTQIA+ people, now is the time to show up in their support or help with organizing. I can't do my part beyond my abilities and means, but I try to keep discussion alive. My main alias has been reporting on Queer Erasure via different types of monetary and policy related strategies of deplatforming, and even a full year and a half since I started focusing in on Queer Erasure as a critical issue for me, people deny the inherent political relevance of their statuses as Queer or Queer Adjacent people. In the U.S., now is the time to either stand up and shout loud, or be silent and allow the people who do not want you to exist to win. Write your state Senators and other elected Officials, and start looking into what you can do within your means to help keep the fight alive.
It ain't over until it's over, and "over" for me involves being put in the ground because I fought until the end. Don't give up. Do what you can. It's okay to be scared.
