As a woman I’m horrified. As a member of the LGBT community I’m absolutely devastated. As someone who cares about the people in this world and not just myself and other white people, I realize that this is the worst thing that could have possibly happened.
And as a European I am smart enough to know that anyone not in America saying ‘this won’t affect me’ is lying to themselves.
listen, yall. if the worst rly happens. if absolutely nothing else, i am still gonna get up tomorrow and be spitefully fucking gay and trans and annoying
so if ur too tired to push back rn. and too tired to think that anything will be ok. and too scared to think of a future where it might be
u and me, dude.
we got each other the same way we always have. the lines been drawn in the sand now and we know the difference between our allies and the people who would willfully allow us to be hurt, killed
tomorrow we will wake up, u an me. ill still be here, drawing tits on the internet. i cant say that ill be here if u need me bc frankly, I need me right now. but even in the wake of some terrible shit, pls remember that we have always been here, we will always be here, and even when those around us would make no space for us we pack our bodies together and made our own space. we have always done that
our jobs r to be open to those who r in danger right now, those are hurting, those whos families may suffer. to be the compassionate people we have always been. to be soft and strong and gentle all at once, to look fearlessly forward even when we are more vulnerable than we have been in a long, long time
we will all wake up tomorrow. regardless of the outcome, we will wake up. that is the harsh reality. and im not saying to spring out pf bed and into some form of activism because god damn it, this is a PERSONAL loss. this is something we have to mourn first. it is okay to feel bad. it is okay to let those feelings wash over you, to be fully sad and afraid. FEEL those things, fully and completely an with gentleness towards yourself, and in time, they will empower you
i regret, if anything, that i do not have the capacity to do more here for the 32k people who listen to me yell on the internet. but if nothing else, when you wake up tomorrow, ill still be yelling. not a damn thing is going to change. me and many others will still be here. providing whatever little things we can provide simply by being here and reminding you that you arent alone
we all have to wake up. we have to promise to wake up. i want to see you all tomorrow morning. at the very least, you will see me. i promise
A quick note based on my post-Brexit experience in the UK – in the time period after the election, your biggest threat will not be Trump and his government. It will be your newly validated bigot neighbours. After Brexit, hate crime shot up by 60% in the UK nearly overnight and it still hasn’t returned to its pre-Brexit level. I imagine the same will happen in America. Be careful. No matter who they are, Trump voters are not your friends. Be safe. Your biggest enemy right now is the neighbour you went to church with and the people you pass on the street every day. Lock down. Go to ground if you have to. Look out for one another. Please, be careful.
you know america is screwed when people are telling eachother not to commit LITERAL SUICIDE if trump wins
