One of the few times I could be genuinely proud of my country, even if it happened much later than it should’ve. The last time I mentioned this, at the tenth year anniversary, the US was still defending marriage and would take another four year to do the right thing. At this twentyfifth anniversary any pride is tempered by the fear that America, as well as other Western countries are backsliding. The elite manufactured trans panic has predicatably led to an all out attack on queer rights and British Terfs have moved to attack abortion too. And we’re seeing the same sort of astroturfing occur here too.
Nevertheless marriage equality has been almost totally accepted here. I do have to admit though to still having that little disconnect happening in my brain sometimes when I hear a man talking about his husband or a woman about her wife. You don’t get rid of ingrained heteronormativity that easily…
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