Staying home most of the time keeps me fairly sheltered from
the world, which is probably just as well – if there were a pandemic, I’d be
one of those people who didn’t even notice (unless my neighbors dropped dead on
their lawns, I’d probably notice that eventually). Even I can’t help but notice
that American society has become much more accepting of queer people, which is
great. We still have a long way to go, of course, but fifteen years ago I never
would have dreamed that we’d see the Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality.
I’m so proud of us.
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| *sniff* |
Sadly, I only have to turn to my hometown’s Topix forum to
find a prime example of queer-bashing, in the form of this
thread posted by a guy who’s losing sleep over the thought of a local
resident using SSI benefits to pay for her gender reassignment surgery. Plenty
of people stepped up to defend transgender rights in the thread, so don’t go
feeling like you need to charge in there and teach the rednecks a lesson. We know
how to type.
Of course, the only reason my hometown has a Topix forum at
all, as far as I can tell, is so people can gossip about each other in the
comfort of their homes, call each other names, and threaten to beat each other
up. Caiden
Cowger is from my hometown, and Jerry Falwell spoke at my high school
graduation. That tells you all you need to know about why I no longer live in this
place. There were plenty of twat waffles living there when I was growing up, and now
they’ve bred.
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| I'm not sure what a twat waffle is, but it's not this. |
