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arithia

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12. We will endure.

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 04:05 PM

Jan 2017

We have endured centuries of hate, bigotry and misinformation. We have endured the closet, forced sterilizations and murder. We can endure this too.

We cannot be erased because we are everyone, everywhere, from every walk of life. We will continue to be born even if the haters struck us all down because we are a natural part of the human species.

I keep reminding myself of this. I try to take solace in the knowledge that we have come so far and once cultural normalization has happened, it cannot really be permanently undone. We are too visible now thanks to technology that humanizes us through exposure.

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my daughter is so terrified. [View all] mopinko Jan 2017 OP

My Irish Passport arrived in December pkdu Jan 2017 #1

dont you have to be enrolled first as a citizen born abroad? mopinko Jan 2017 #3

It is much easier now , and most of it online...but you are right , pkdu Jan 2017 #5

thanks much for the link. mopinko Jan 2017 #7

I do genealogy research as a hobby - DUemail me if you want help with that pkdu Jan 2017 #9

well let me know if you bump into an online database mopinko Jan 2017 #10

Medicaid varies greatly state by state... Yurovsky Jan 2017 #2

unfortunately in illinois medicaid is under fire. mopinko Jan 2017 #4

She'll need a strong community... Yurovsky Jan 2017 #6

we are in chi, in the most diverse zip code in the country, mopinko Jan 2017 #8

My lesbian daughter is in similar situation HockeyMom Jan 2017 #11

if there is anyone alive who can claim it, mopinko Jan 2017 #13

We will endure. arithia Jan 2017 #12

thank you so much for that. mopinko Jan 2017 #14

*grin* arithia Jan 2017 #15