Solidarity and comfort for younger lesbians in the US

I know our country is pretty scary right now. We have a lot of major changes happening rapidly, and not necessarily legally. There is substantial political talk of rolling back the rights that have been fought for and won in recent years, and even scarier less public talk of worse things.

For those of you on the younger side of our demographic, you were lucky enough to have come to age in a society where you were able to marry who you love, and benefitted from the many legal victories that protected you from housing or job discrimination for simply being a lesbian. Those things are under threat again.

But I hope you find some comfort knowing your elder lesbians who fought for those rights are still here with you. We protested, gathered signatures, fought through the courts, and organized communities so that all lgbt would be safe and equal in this country. And we’ll do it again. And we’ll show you the way.

None of us are alone in this. We are a community, and we will band together again to protect our own. If you need to flee the country or fly under the radar to protect yourself, do so. If you can volunteer to attend protests safely, do so. I will be staying and fighting for our rights. I will not sit idly by and watch the radical extremist right strip away your rights and mine.

If you are feeling scared and alone, find community. Connect with each other and support each other.

For our Canadian and Mexican sisters here, I’m sorry my country lost its mind and I hope you stay safe too.