Like what with all the fascism going on, Trump teasing a third term, and even now passing a law to be able to deport U.S. Citizens. I can’t imagine people taking these threats lightly. So basically, how are you holding up?
cis gay dude here.
Poorly.
To all my LGBT friends out here, stay strapped. Armed minorities are harder to oppress
Absolutely Horrible. I was already struggling due to ADHD, but since November I’ve felt completely awful. Some days I feel “I’m in the end of times” and force myself to indulge in games and food, but it never makes me feel better. Other days I run myself into the ground trying to plan some way to fight back. My next “to-do” is getting a pistol, but that’s hard in my state.
The only upside is I have felt less socially anxious about reaching out to new people. Having a real existential crisis does cause those fears of “what if they think I’m annoying” to subside.
Boy do I feel this. Dissociate, panic, dissociate, panic…
Getting out to protests helps a LOT with the doom. And if you print out some flyers for the General Strike to hand out, you can help halt this shit in a clear and tangible way. Keep your internal narrative about your next move, not theirs.
Here’s a hug to anyone who needs one:
🫂
Not so great to be honest. I’ve spent almost 30 years fighting to change all of this, and everything we have gained could all just be gone in the snap of the finger. And much worse.
I’ve been involved for less than half as much time and haven’t been through what the older ones have, but one of them told me something I’ve been thinking about lately.
They said the political and legislative fights are important but the true battles are for hearts and minds. They take longer to win but those victories are final because once people see a world in which we belong they can’t unsee it.
So it’s a fact that hard-won rights now can be taken with the snap of a finger, or simply ignored, but it won’t stand for long because most people won’t accept anything less as just. That is, it’s too late to undo what you fought for. The battles you won are won.
Nonbianary AMAB sometimes i feel like i need to be careful if i choose to go out in skirts and makeup at times especially since im in Texas.
I know exactly how you mean. I didn’t feel safe to pursue my transition 'til I got out of that shithole state.
Nice try FBI
Have a good day, NSA
It’s not gay if it’s TSA
Cya later, CIA
Ciao?
They already know that LGBTQ people hate the current state of affairs. They don’t need to spy on us to figure that out.
But we could be a lot louder about it
louder
Wear a mask / gloves, wipe your fingerprints off the bottles, leave your cellphone at home, avoid tollways or anywhere with cameras aimed at your license plate, park way off site.
Y’know, for noise reduction.
Yeah, an important reminder that nothing on the fediverse is truly private. Use rotating alternate accounts, opsec, and VPN/proxies if you believe yourself to be in potential danger for your opinions.
I’d recommend using tor.
The current administration is treading on thin ice.
It’s not possible to stop the spread of information and resistance in our interconnected world if people want to connect.
And this administration is driving people together.
Hopefully this shit will be over soon, if they keep pushing fascism down our throats they’ll be executed by a mob.
Edit: Even if this gets better I’ll still probably move to Canada. The US is over unless we fully go radical left.
I can’t hear you I’m too high
What?? Sorry I can’t hear you, I’m too high
Same as I’ve always been to be quite honest. I’m a gay man and have encountered bigotry in the past. It’s nothing new.
I work a very blue collar job in a factory and I don’t see much of anything changing in my day to day life
I’ve got two trans friends who are a lot younger than me and they’ve both called me dad at this point, which I’ve been thriving on. I’m teaching one to drive, and I’m helping the other fix her house up. Feels good man.
This has given me the somewhat unique experience of knowing how it feels when your kids are in danger without technically having any kids. I do NOT like this. I’ve cried, screamed, panicked, and lost sleep. I’m getting a lot of relief from protesting and fighting back, but it hurts a lot.
Really fucking stressed and hoping I can escape the country before I get killed.
you’re welcome to move to estonia, just learn the language.
I don’t know what toilet I’m allowed to use now, or which one won’t get me murdered… so there’s that.
I discovered i was Asexual 5 years ago, and am questioning being Neutroix/Male today.
I haven’t put thought into it. I grew up during a time where being out was 50/50 being disowned. I’m living in states where identity is more accepted though, so I personally haven’t worried or paid attention to recent events.
I’m fighting back still. I continue existing and showing others I exist, I’m different, and if it comes down to it, I’ll rebel as physically as necessary to show the current generation that the next generation deserves better.
I’m holding up well in spite of everything. I lost one of my friends this week. She had moved into what I thought was going to be a safe situation several states away and something clearly went wrong. She was a really smart and inspiring person.
I also just took another friend to the airport so she could permanently relocate to Europe, and two of my other friends are leaving soon too.
It’s been a rough week but I’m not planning on leaving, mostly working on organizing the trans people who stay.
