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Fifty years ago, in 1974, I came out by participating in early Gay & Lesbian rights marches sponsored by the newly-formed Gay Ativists Alliance in Cleveland Ohio and by cofounding a Gay-Straight Alliance at my alma mater, Case Western Reserve University. In doing so, my photo appeared one week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, and in the CWRU campus newspaper. My uncle was on the teaching staff of CWRU's School of Medicine. A year earlier I had come out to one of my best friends in our undergraduate studies there, as he began Law School at CWRU; he became, might I say, enraged that I had not trusted enough to tell him I am Gay years earlier, so much so that he imediately ended that friendship. Still, I remained semi-closeted, largely because I didn't have the knowledge and support of a community or, most of all, the belief in myself that I'm okay - better than ok - just the way I am. In 1977 I wrote a letter to the editor of the Plain Dealer, critical of Anita Bryant and her hateful campaign against Gays who, she believed, were "recruiting" schoolchildren; the letter was published and the day it appeared I walked into my office at work to see that day's editorial page open on the desks of nearly every co-worker; I felt ostracized in the office from that day forward. A few years later, in late 1979, I'd been dating a Bi man for about six months when I was fortunate enough to be offered a new job in San Francisco. He was unhappily married and more unhappily employed, and after LOTS of talking he decided he'd come with me to California. The following weekend, at home to discuss the situation, his wife blew his face off with a firearm (then turned the gun on herself in the same fashion). Now, there a lot of additional issues there I admit, but at 28 years old from a small town, I was severely traumatized by the violence, and by my thoughts that he was killed because he was leaving his wife for another man. I took the job but, despite the fact I'd landed in "The Land of Oz" for Gay men at that particular time
Dave supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!LGBTQ+ history is American History. Sadly our leaders continue to pretend that queer life is some secret separate thing from the stories that we all know and learned about our history books. Many times queer stories were edited out to make people think we haven’t contributed to American progress. Queer Americans not only fought for gay rights but fought for religious freedom, fought to found this country in the principle of freedom for all from 1776 to today. Queer Americans have contributed to the creative, scientific and technological success all Americans live today. Why pretend we do not exist and try to erase queer Americans from text books, monuments and real places then? The truth is we won’t be erased cause we have always fought to make the world know we love, we live and we will not be quiet about our existence.
William supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!Erasing , white washing, or silencing history is exactly why we're in this constitutional crisis. History is repeating it's ugly past because the truth has been withheld.
Clista supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!My LGBTQ friends were far more supportive of my finding myself than anyone in my church. I am straight, and religious, but I have never seen any actual faith-based reasons for the hatred polluting this country. It is based only in hatred for anything other and twisted interpretation of scripture. This must end, because we can be better than this. We simply must choose to be.
Camren supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!I am a Mother of an LGTBQ adult, but before that I was raised that all humans are created equal regardless of their backgrounds, race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.
JANET supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!Facebook actively pushes for transphobia to be seen and heard, as a trans person the platform feels quite unsafe even though it is one of the only ones where I can contact my friends. Its discouraging especially since it is proven to affect the outside world. Because of CEOs pushing more hate towards minorities, I have been affected not just online but in real life too.
Loki supported: Meta: Restore LGBTQ+ Protections in Your Hate Speech PolicyHate speech against the LGBTQ+ community, especially on Facebook, has been ramped as of late. I see a lot of transphobic posts uploaded by conservative boomers and using “woke” as an insult to attack millions of people who are queer and transgender. Anti LGBTQ+ rhetoric has been an issue on Meta platforms, even prior to the policy changes!
Tyler supported: Meta: Restore LGBTQ+ Protections in Your Hate Speech PolicyAs a trans youtuber this is incredibly important. When one group loses rights everyone loses rights.
Rowen supported: Google: Update Hate Speech Policy to Protect Gender Identity and ExpressionI have a few friends who have children with extreme special needs that require extreme accommodations. Everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. When one of my friends shared her story of how she had to change her immobile daughter on a public bathroom floor, then try to pick her up by herself to place her back in her wheelchair, my heart broke and I knew I had to sign this petition. Costco is my favorite place on earth. They lead with inclusivity and change. Everyone whether you experience this first hand or just through this comment should sign this petition for change.
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