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sparkindarknessWe have a right to walk down a street without being attacked for being gay.
We should be able to hold hands with our partners without fear.
We shouldn’t have to hide for our own safety.
I care because a a Lesbian couple was beaten by men screaming homophobic abuse in Brighton for holding hands in public.
I do not want my love to be treated like a guilty secret and I do not want this couple or any gay relationship to do so either. I don’t want to be faced with the choice of acknowledging Beloved and my love for him or being safe.
And I will fight against the idea that just because we are gay, we deserve this treatment. That the only good or acceptable gays are those who hide our gayness, who are closeted or repressed, who do not “flaunt” ourselves by refusing to lurk in the closet.
We should be able to hold hands with our partners without fear.
We shouldn’t have to hide for our own safety.
I care because a a Lesbian couple was beaten by men screaming homophobic abuse in Brighton for holding hands in public.
I do not want my love to be treated like a guilty secret and I do not want this couple or any gay relationship to do so either. I don’t want to be faced with the choice of acknowledging Beloved and my love for him or being safe.
And I will fight against the idea that just because we are gay, we deserve this treatment. That the only good or acceptable gays are those who hide our gayness, who are closeted or repressed, who do not “flaunt” ourselves by refusing to lurk in the closet.