This comes up over and over and I keep quoting the poem from WWII, by the Rev Martin Niemoller
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
So many don't think they need or want others to work for them (and sorry for the few here who think they built it themselves without help...you didn't).
CD's all seem to think they don't need representation and then they cry about which bathroom to use and how poor them get discriminated against. Why are we are "red headed step child" Because we keep kicking the people who wanted (yes past tense) to help us. The TG community was the nadir for the Gay rights movement because it was the drag queens who were targeted at Stonewall. So in essence we were the reason the gays coalesced and moved toward acceptance and rights. But then "we" didn't do anything to say we were in the fight. Most hide in their closets. It is possible for the majority under the TG umbrella to fade away and then they believe that they are not affected by what goes on int he world. The exception are the TS's who have to be out and live their lives so so many think they are the only ones who gain from the LGBT groups. And they do, but there are so many other things that are not as noticeable that are done. The current administration has worked for many rights and I would doubt the CD's here even know about them. So here's a link
http://transequality.org/federal_gov.html
Mitakuye Oyasin (Lakota) (all my relatives..we are all related), what concerns my brother concerns me. No man is an island... If you don't think it concerns you, wait and see how it will later
