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