Hard-won liberties will be eroded if we disregard acts of intolerance. The Orlando shootings are a massive red flagSo much has gotten better for LGBTQ people in the final few years. We won marriage. We saw gays accepted in the military,and the recent appointment of an openly gay secretary of the army. We heard the president of the United States speak out for transgender Americans. We saw the pope receive a gay couple during his visit to the US. But we likewise absorb seen an upsurge in hatred, from Kim Davis to North Carolinas virulent anti-LGBT House Bill 2 to Sunday’s massacre of 49 people in the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando. Related: We must not let the Orlando nightclub terrorism further strangle our civil liberties | Chelsea E Manning Related: Queer Muslims exist – and we are in mourning too Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com