'Sometimes our humanity will never be enough for them. They will always hate us.' ✍️ Adam M. Rhodes LGBTQ LGBT nonbinary queer
It’s a tough lesson that marginalized people of all identities must learn: at the end of the day, appeals to acceptability and equality can and will come up short. Sometimes our humanity will never be enough for them. They will always hate us.
And that’s a scary conclusion to come to, that for some members of our own communities, the only option for them is for people like us not to exist. But I think it’s also quite freeing—at least I’ve tried to think of it that way. If there’s nothing bigots will accept, then why not throw everything at them? If a watered-down version of myself isn’t going to work, why not give them the whole package? Why shrink and minimize myself—for them if there is nothing they will take, no matter how small? Even when our LGBTQ+ leaders earn markers of legitimacy, like being elected to public office, they still face a torrent of abuse. But that’s easier said than done, especially these days.
But then I take another breath, remember that I exist for myself and no one else, and then step into the light. Adam M. Rhodes is a first-generation Cuban American journalist whose work primarily focuses on queer people and the criminal legal system. Their recent work has examined HIV treatment access in Puerto Rico, HIV criminalization in Illinois, and a homophobic capital murder trial in the same state.
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