I'm sorry you have to go through this. I wish I could say the situation looked any less grim here in Europe, but with the right wingers being on the rise in almost all countries here, we're probably gonna follow the US' example. I've already read reports of Anti-LGBT organizations in the US drooling and curling their villain mustaches over the election as well, and Trump's running mate is a known homophobe who thinks electrotherapy can cure the gay away. And of course the outbursts of violence because the bigots feel empowered by the results... there was a similar situation in the UK after Brexit as well. :/

Stay safe, Sal. Now more than ever, minorities need to stick together and support each other.

The group that was perpetuating hatred and sexism and racism and all that was the Media on the left and even the establishment right.

But if you look at Trump rallies they are just as diverse as anything Hillary could put together. Gays for trump, women for trump, blacks for trump, latinos for trump, so on and so forth. I even went to one with my husband, holding hands and people were cheering and patting us on the back, especially after the Orlando shooting by that muslim terrorist.

He's actually been more pro gay than Hillary has.

https://youtu.be/gK8XzRKOem8

https://youtu.be/-dY77j6uBHI

Hell, Russia already want's to be friends with America for the first time in, what, a century? When just a few days ago they were preparing for a possible war if Hillary got elected because of her Nixon era republican roots. And he's not even in yet.

Don't believe the fearmongering going on with the big media on either side, remember they and Hillary and the establishment DNC on the left were the ones that fucked over Bernie Sanders and rigged it against him, and started riots and such with trump supporters on purpose, look up "Pied Piper Candidate" they may have ultimately been the ones that got Trump elected in the first place. You can read about all this stuff in the confirmed legitimate wikileaks emails and such.

Usually when one side goes out of their way to call the other side "Nazis", they are hiding something and trying to deflect and project onto "the other team" so people don't look too hard at the ones yelling it.

https://youtu.be/Ex9ldUHSgjs

Dude.
At our PEACEFUL protest sit in, Pro-Trump rallyers showed up in blackface.

I'm sorry, but you're not exactly making a good argument, dude.

The problem isn't Trump himself. It doesn't matter if it's only a small percentage of his voters that actually hate brown people or gays.

The problem is that by voting for him, even if Trump supporters do not share the anti-minority stance, they enable those that do, and they also enable a government that will do anything it can in order to oppress those minorities even further. They chose to have Pence, a known homophobe, as a vice president. A man who thinks that electrotherapy can cure homosexuality.

It doesn't matter if the reason they voted Trump is because of the economy, or because of taxes, or whatever. They chose that the rights and lives of minorities do not matter to them more than getting less tax. They chose that what they perceive to be a better economic situation is preferable to people more vulnerable than themselves to be protected from discrimination and violence.
With their vote, they chose to enable the violence, the hate crimes, the discrimination, the potential overturning of gay marriage and protective laws for minorities. They might not have voted because of those reasons, but fact of the matter is, by voting Trump, they chose to allow those things to happen.

Thank you for saying it a lot more concisely and calmly than I can.
I'm just... the amount of name-calling they keep throwing around and still claiming we must be hiding something to be so angry.
I'm flustered.

Also, that "secret" we're hiding is now going to be that WE'RE GAY, considering Mike Pence has stated many times that he wants to create Gay-Cure facilities that involve shock therapy and that they want to repeal gay marriage with NOM and have stated it in their fucking 100 day plan

So, please, don't claim he is pro gay when he wants to take away the rights we've JUST managed to get.

It's even still on their site, dude http://www.nomblog.com/41186/

I am in no way agreeing with Trump, but I just want to say I can't find any information (if you have it please share with me because I like to be educated) that Trump is actually part of this group. I've searched for a bit and can't find any source that says he himself is working for them. So a group can say all they want that they are going to work with someone, but until they actually start, I wouldn't say he's working with them.

Also, even though his VP has stated that he believes cure camps are the way to go *shudders* no one can force you to go as an adult.

Also, I am horribly upset that this entire situation has happened. I hate that all of my friends and family are now afraid to even admit who they truly are. I'm sorry that we have to suffer through this, but maybe this can be a way to bring us all closer together as well.

Actually, they call them "voluntary" but that can be subjective, as they can view that you aren't mentally sound enough to make that decision yet.

And actually, I've found many source of him calling gay marriage a horrible idea, likening it to not liking longer putters for golf.
But as of right now, I can't find a goo source on him actually supporting NOM, just having the same views as them, so you're right.

I retract the claim but still abide by saying he's going to try.

Oh I definitely wasn't saying that he doesn't agree with gay marriage, just that I couldn't find that he was a part of NOM. I just try to make sure i have all the info first ^^;

A court still has to find you mentally unsound and that can be actually fairly hard to do. Now for our youth, we should be concerned as a part can choose to send their child. That's where we need to direct our attention in the first place is the youth.

Someone said they're afraid because a group of people have now become publicly and noticeably belligerent to the point the news have flat out called them out on it and shown who has done it, and instead of being any sort of supportive or helpful or caring, you proved the point by trying to shift the blame and insult everyone else.

That helps nothing and just shows a severe level of hate and anger in you.

It is not under question who has committed these crimes, it has been shown and proven already. What IS under questioning is what should be done about it and how do we protect those in danger.

Instead of showing an ounce of love or care or even BASIC CONCERN, you decided to start spamming links.
I checked them out.
They seriously prove nothing about your points.

And, fyi, Trump and Pence have come out multiple times to state that the LGBTQA3 community is a source of crime and hate to the point that they want to put us all into facilities meant to "repair" our "broken minds".

They want Gay Marriage gone.

They want HRT and Trans counseling gone

They want anti-trans "show me your papers" laws to be FEDERAL and country-wide.


Do NOT come into a place where someone needs love and support only to shift blame and hatred without saying one damn nice thing to them.

Sal is an amazing loving person who DESERVES love and respect, not for you to come in while they're crying and go "Just so you know, this totally wasn't me." and then leave.

That is fucking douchey as hell.


If you need sources, here's a decent one http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/11/0.....r-lgbt-rights/
It cites its sources well and has positive messages for the community with no word like "nazi" found, but I'm sure you'll invent one.

/hugs

I've been thinking of things to write, but I haven't been able to find the words. For a few days now, I've been wanting to write a blog post, a journal, hell an entry in my paper journal, but it's so...exhausting and frightening and I'm scared about so many things, the progress we'll lose, what bit we've been able to make...

I guess, the only thing that's been keeping me together enough has been the drive to fight this. Once I'm able to, I am immediately swapping my voter's registration to davidson, instead of montgomery, and going to make sure to vote in every damn single election I can, even smaller ballot things. Going to try and figure out solid ways to volunteer local that are also with good organizations and do more research on a lot of topics. And once I can put my thoughts in order, I'm going to try and start writing again, because I've let my voice fall quiet with all the stress and fear and exhaustion these past few years.

For now, though, going to take it one day at a time and try to support those around me and speak up to protect those who need it. I've been so fortunate to have my friends, but it has put me in a bubble and left my reactions slower, because I'm not used to seeing those things in front of me. I want to be prepared now, to be able to immediately size up a situation and know how to best aid out someone being harassed, etc, as well as being able to know how to defend myself if the situation were to ever arise.

It's a lot to think about, that's certain. But...while I may be scared, I can't afford to fall into despair, because I refuse to abandon those around me, and I refuse to abandon the country to the Utterly Heartless.

And I guess this was all a bit of affirmation to myself, just as much as a comment. Also I'm up watching Charlie to make sure he's ok after he ate a huge chunk of cat toy like an idiot last night.

Yeah, a lot of them have been reported and cited, and everyone is scrambling to claim "NONONO, it's the Liberals trying to frame Trump supporters!"
Instead of, you know, just focusing on the fact someone was attacked.
One story was posted to facebook (this one http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgar.....ion-night.html) and people were jumping to either claim that it was all makeup (they're in a hospital while his head is being stapled, dude. Come on) while others said it was a frame job. Because, you know, people can organize a frame job in that short a time.

It's scary. It's terrifying, even. Just remember, that we ARE a community, and we're going to support eachother no matter what and listen to what eachother has to say. If they try to drag one of us away, they'll have ALL of us on them, and the public can't ignore that.

Yes, be afraid, but please know that we will jump in and save you no matter what, hun <3

Its just a bunch of drama and heresay. People are butt hurt so they have to use the elections outcome to further their causes. Everyone needs to seriously take a step back and look at whats truly going on. Yea..pence has his opinions but trump will not do anything towads us. He himself knows who spends the most at his clubs and who have been supporting him within business ventures.

Everyone needs to tak a rather large chill pill and stop creating fake and false panic.

Yes, people are over-reacting, but the panic isn't fake or false, there are still a lot of hate crimes against our communities occurring and they do all state Trump winning as the reason they're doing it. You can't flat-out deny that.