The LGBTQIA+ Community Must Be Strong (AGAIN) During These Dark Times

PART 1 of 2: A Brief History!

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In this two-part essay, I will first examine a very brief history of battles for rights in the United States and in the LGBTQIA+ community. In part two, I will look at how we can cope with the dismal, dark news we encounter on a daily basis.

This is not the first time that our LGBTGQIA+ community has fought a battle for gay rights

During our times, attacks on the LGBTQIA community, I call them the Battles for the Rainbow, have been going on for a long time. Our newly gained rights (and some others would even argue if they are rights) are again being threatened, taken away, erased. Once again, the LGBTQIA+ community is being discriminated against, oppressed, erased. This time it is not by individual people, organized religion but the entire U.S. government seems to be a threat!

In many ways, the LGBTQIA+ community has been lulled into a false sense of security about our rights. We fought, we won, many of us returned to normal lives, and we didn’t give much thought to maintaining these rights.

We are once again fighting for our rights and in many ways for our lives and survival as human beings. In previous essays, I have…