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As an LGBTQ+ person, for many years being accepted seemed like the highest attainable goal for me in society. For everyone to just let me be, to live my life without harassment and disapproval.
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One day we were in a work training and someone I regarded as an ally, or at least not and enemy, was asked what diversity meant as far as LGBTQ+ people were concerned and he said “we accept that they have the right to work here”
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I was dumb founded. I did not speak up in that moment because I was still realizing that this was only half a sentence. The unspoken part is “… even if we don’t want them to.” He was one of my most supportive co workers or so I thought, engaging in conversations where I mentioned my wife,
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not someone I avoided chatting with. I realized then that acceptance is not adequate for me. I would like to be included and even celebrated. I don’t want to sit in the corner of life and mind my business. I want a seat at the table with everyone else. I don’t want to blend in either. I want my
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uniqueness seen and recognized. This is what we all want and it is not too much to ask. We are not “flaunting” anything. On Valentine’s Day I’m gonna go buy a card that says “For my Wife” and I want the cashier to say “oh this is so sweet, I hope she likes it!” rather than quietly shove it in a bag.
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Not everyone feels comfortable and safe with that, some years I go through the self check out on purpose and THAT is the problem.
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