I wish I could do more for the liberation of people. As we enter a harder era for marginalized people in the United States I wish I could somehow save them. Help them. I’m not sure if it’s a savior complex or empathy or just depression… Our trans brothers and sisters, our nonbinary pals, our other queer friends are all at risk and are losing rights every passing day. Not to mention the dangers and horrors they face in other countries. I wish we could make a safe haven for them to live their life the way they choose. I wish I had more time to work toward a better future everyday instead of working just to survive.
The present is bleak in the United States and the world, the future even bleaker if we continue down this road we’re on. But, even though my brain tells me it’s not possible, I try to believe that we will get through this. People have gone through and are currently going through even harder times. People face threats of violence everyday. I wish we could come together to stop it. To be free. Be truly liberated from the violence and harm we inflict on one another.
But we will overcome. Throughout history groups have been beaten down, disappeared, murdered just for being; but these groups came back stronger than ever and continue to fight for their lives and for their rights. No matter if the state erases their accomplishments, they still happened. Trans people were at Stonewall, in fact they were pivotal, and no history book or government website erasing them will change that. Palestinians are not monsters. Immigrants are not rabid. It’s up to us to make sure people like this, and groups like this, are not beaten back, are not hurt, not stripped of their humanity, not forgotten.
So I guess that’s something I can do everyday that doesn’t require much work. Learn and remember. Not to forget. This isn’t speaking up, but I can do that in other ways. This is just a random blog no one reads, but it helps me get my ideas down.
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me.”
Anyway book two is out. I do have queer characters in my book series. That’s what this blog is supposed to be about isn’t it…
The Shining Orb Series 
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