This is probably an over-shared subject, but my fingers can't write about anything else. This is important to me, and I feel it needs to be addressed. I wrote a lot of this is a Facebook post the day our future president was elected, and it's still relevant now.
I am terrified.
I am a bi-romantic, grey asexual, gender-fluid white "woman"--I put that in quotes, because I don't see myself as a girl, not all the time. But my license says female as does my birth certificate and my passport. For all intents and purposes I am a "woman", because my gender identity isn't seen as valid but the majority of the populous. All of this combined puts me in a scary spot.
I don't feel safe in my own country anymore. I'm out of the closet openly, and I considered going back in it the morning Trump was announced as President Elect. Hate crimes happen all over the U.S. Women get attacked daily, too--On the street, at work, at home, everywhere. Since Trump's win was announced, dozens have made posts telling of the violent outbursts and attacks aimed at them in public. Not even 24 hours in, and Muslims, African Americans, women, Latino/Latina/Mexicans and more, were targeted for their race and their beliefs and alienated for them.
Obama helped put protection in place for us. Gay marriage became legal country wide. But Trump and Pence have every intention of taking that all away. Planned Parenthood is going to suffer. Women who seek help are going to suffer. LGBTQ+ are going to suffer. Victims are going to suffer. People of color are going to suffer. Muslims are going to suffer.
I'm twenty as of today. This is the first election I've voted in, and my first four years going out into the world as an adult. I'm going to suffer. If something happens to me, it will be unimaginably harder for me to get justice because these men are in power now. I am terrified.
I am trying so hard to keep the faith that God has a plan. I'm trying to sit back and let him do His work. But it's hard. All this hate, all this hurt, I can see why a lot of people would lose faith. But not all hope is lost. There are still good people left in he world.
I for one, will be a safe space for you. If you're being verbally or physically antagonized, I will stand by you. I see you, you are valid, and I want you here. I'll watch over you if authorities pull you over. I'll strike up a conversation with you if someone is bothering you. I'll help you get out of a situation if you don't feel safe. In times like this, we have to stick together. It's going to be tough, but I'm not giving up so easily. None of us can afford to.
