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We Spend a Lot of Time Healing Our Gay Life, Personally and Societally
Fighting the Battle of the Rainbow is a spiral path not a linear one
I believe that Fighting the Battle of the Rainbow, fighting for our LGBTQIA+ rights, can be applied to both our personal growth and the societal acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ Community. I believe that the fight is a spiral, not a linear one.
The repeated gain and loss of “favor” for our community
During these difficult trump/vance/musk times, I find myself questioning my belief systems and trying to understand who I am in relation to what is currently going on in the LGBTQIA+ community.
I am trying to come to grips with the repeated gain and loss of “favor” for our community over time, and wondering how often we will need to fight and re-fight battles for our rights as human beings.
I find that with each battle, things seem to be maybe a little bit better, than they were during the previous battle. I have decided that winning these battles and accomplishing our goals is not done in a linear direction but rather in a spiral pattern.
What I mean by “spiral” is that each time we work our way around the spiral of LGBTQIA+ community acceptance and our rights…
