The U.S. presidential election has come and gone. Trump is set to officially take office on January 20th. Democrats failed and lost, Trump won, fair and square and people around the country are in mourning, fearing what the next 4 years will hold for them. If you aline with the left or anything that isn't Trump and you happen to be queer or a woman like myself then you may have had the same reaction I did, sobbing in bed at 5 in the morning after checking the results first thing.
I would not be lying if I told you I thought it would be a good idea to either leave the country if you can or move to a predominantly blue or left-leaning area. Anywhere where you can feel safe. I know that is not a feasible option for so many folks out there so instead I'd say find communities within your areas where you can band together against any who try to tell you what to do with your body or seeks to do harm against you for merely wanting to exist.
Speaking of existing as a queer individual DO NOT let anyone tell you that you exist because of a disease in your brain or that our existence as a whole is a disease. They are WRONG. They will always be wrong. People who blindly follow people like Trump will always think these things, they will always spew these hatefully grotesque ideologies not because they are true or based on any real fact but simply because we are different from what they have deemed 'normal'. We do not conform to their view of what we 'should be'. If you aren't a straight cis-gendered white man with a wife and kids or a woman who's fine with the right to your own body be taken from you then all we will ever be in their eyes are a disease to be purged. A disorderly people who must be put back in our place.
Trump wants to impose a dictatorship. Trump seeks to take control of our government and bend it to the favor of those who surround him.
Trump is a fascist and he will bend our government till it breaks.
He may have won our presidency but he is not my leader.
For my Trans folks out there who may need diy hrt or to stockpile;
A lot has gone down this past week and everything is stressful but remember to turn your phone off for a bit, see your family, and relax. Enjoy the holidays with your loved ones. We will have time to fight for our rights and for our existence.
Here is some poetry!
My Reality
Full of vivid colors and angelic sound.
Redolent smells of life fill it's crisp air;
and silken touch.
The most glamorous creations fill this wonderful space.
It is truly the most divine of beauties.
However, this reality is made of glass.
A brittle crystal ball in the palm of my eyes.
I must hold it with a fearless strength and gentle repose much as a parent holds it's child.
Else the glass crack and break.
As I treat it with grace those around me lack the ability to do the same.
They murder and pillage,
plunder others for their own selfish desires.
Consuming our fruit whole as gluttony and greed consumes them much the same.
Holding us all hostage as they fight their foolish wars.
Wars that are ultimately puny in the grand scheme of the cosmos.
They will hold us, while we wonder if they will ever see reason.
They will hold us, while we wonder if they will ever hear our pleas.
They will hold us not with the fearless and gentle strength of a mother or father, but with the harsh and fearful strength of a monster.
They will hold us. Until, inevitably, the glass breaks, and we all fall.
And here's some music;
Pigs is Pigs
Mannequin Pussy
Stay safe, stay strong. <3
Bye for now.