I think it’s critically important to realize that Buttigieg’s candidacy is the end-result of almost 20 years of prioritizing policy goals and optics focused on the assimilation of cis white gays into heteronormative society, and intentionally leaving the rest of us behind.
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If we had instead prioritized things like federal protection in employment, healthcare, housing, & public accommodation for all LGBTQ people, destigmatizing sexuality and sex work, economic justice, maybe we wouldn’t have Pete, but a whole lot more of us would be doing better.
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Replying to @MariBrighe
I thought I was the only one who felt this way.
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