On January 20, 2017, a man was sworn into office.
On January 21, 2017, around the world, women marched for our rights.
The Women’s March is a peaceful protest happening internationally in support of equality and civil rights for every human being. They marched for a purpose. They marched peacefully, despite those who try to outrage them and call them names in the hope of invoking a reaction. They marched to show those in power that we will not lie down and accept our civil rights being taken away from us.
They marched for those of us who can’t. Those of us who are in a location with no march or a location that is intolerant of people with different beliefs. They marched for those of us who fear violence is we try to partake in this march because even when we fight for peace and kindness, we are threatened and made to feel as if we are wrong. Those of us who physically can’t march. They marched for every person that wishes they could be there but can’t.
They marched to show a man who has made every racist, sexist, and xenophobic comment in the book that we are not okay with being treated like this. We are not objects you can just grab and we are not people that you can build a wall around.
They marched for the recongnition of climate change, LGBT rights, healthcare, and all the other pages that were taken off of the White House webpage the second a new man was in office. They marched for our earth. They marched for those who finally earned the freedom to be who they are. They marched for those unable to get healthcare and who would be dead right now if the Affordable Care Act was not in place or could die if it is taken away.
They marched to say that woman deserve control over their bodies. We deserve to say what we can and cannot handle, not the men in congress who will never know what we go through because they do not have a uterus. We deserve to have a safe place to go to if we want an abortion, a pap smear, information on safe sex, counseling, and so much more.
I want to thank every single person who marched. Thank you for marching for my rights, for my sister's rights, for the rights of people who are not able to be heard, the rights of people of color, people with disability, people of lower socioeconomic class, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, people who moved to America to take part in our freedom because that is what our country is supposed to be about.
Thank you for marching and making our voices heard.
We will not let our voices be snuffed out. We are loud, nasty women who are fighting not just for ourselves, but for everyone.
