THANKS TO YOU; RNM44andWOOF.com Blog, 6/30/15

RNM44andWOOF.com Blog; THANKS TO YOU:

"Finding our voices as gay people wasn’t easy. Checking out with a bunch of flowers at the supermarket, the very friendly cashier asked me if they were for my girlfriend. I replied “no…they’re for my boyfriend.” No big deal, but it dawned on me that these small gestures…still not completely comfortable…are what changed the mind of the American people. We started feeling our self esteem kick in…and the simple act of switching pronouns started a revolution...

We don’t come out of the closet once and that’s that. We have to do it over and over…when we dance together at a wedding…put our arms around our boyfriend or girlfriend in a movie theater…kiss hello or goodbye in public…and embrace who we are.

There is certainly more work to be done….(In most of my home state of PA, people can still be fired or evicted just because they’re gay…REALLY). Our voices are stronger, our resolve is solid, and while we all go about our lives we need to keep marching…stay active politically…and most of all, align ourselves always with the truth of who we are. Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court was built on the peak of a gigantic pyramid…and millions of us built that with a million little gestures and a whole lot of simple but very powerful words."