A Queer Giving of Thanks!
The following is a work in progress that we should enhance and evolve (i.e. just scratching the surface of names and creativity for giving thanks):
Thank you for a life long struggle for the rights of
- the oppressed…
the poor…
the outcast…
the homeless…
the queer…
Thank you for a
- visibility and courage that knew no end…
an outrage that never died…
an outrage that boiled from your soul…
an outrage that struck from your mouths, your fists, your bodies…
an outrage for all those who could not express outrage for fear…
Thank you for
- a love of life and diversity that knew no boundaries…
a passion for justice and right that knew no boundaries…
a mind and soul that knew no boundaries…
Thank you for being you and living a Queer life with NO BORDERS…
Thank you
Thank you Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Gay Liberationist
Thank you Sylvia Rivera, Trans Pioneer and Activist
Thank you Marsha P(ay it No Mind) Johnson, Trans Pioneer and Activist
Thank you Rita Hester, Trans Sister who touched the lives of many in Connecticut and Massachusetts
Thank you Audre Lorde, Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Mother, Poet Warrior
Thank you Leslie Feinberg, Trans Warrrior and Activist
Thank you Emma Goldman, Queer Anarchist, feminist
Thank you Oscar Wilde, Queer playwright, poet
Thank you Harry Hay, Queer Radical Faerie, activist
Thank you Ella Baker, Legendary Civil Rights Activist, Human Rights Advocate
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What a beautiful thank-full posting.
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