Thankfulness and the changing world
Nov. 30th, 2017 07:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rsadelleThis was the first time in a decade that I didn't post one thing I was thankful for every day from November 1 through Thanksgiving. I didn't just forget. I thought about it. Last year, it wasn't fun; it felt like a chore and I really struggled with it. I didn't think I could do it again this year without struggling with it, which defeats the purpose for me.
I am thankful for how the world has changed for the better for queer people, and I had three things remind me of that recently in a way that are a contrast to both the unrelenting tales of horror I'm trying to stop constantly reading and the DADT-era GK fic it's probably time to stop re-reading constantly.
1. Last month I saw Bebe Rexha in concert in Sacramento (which was amazing and wonderful). Because of where I was in the venue and because I wasn't in a hurry, the floor was half-empty by the time I started making my way toward the exit. There were two men in the middle of the empty part of the floor kissing. No one was paying them any attention, like it was totally normal.
2. A gay, divorced (from his ex-husband) college friend narrated some sort of anniversary of the Marine Corps founding event at his overseas State Department post, which is a sentence I couldn't have ever imagined being able to type.
3. The first thing I saw about the results of Australia's marriage equality postal survey was a Facebook post from Christian Kane where he said, "Pretty great to be in Australia on the day they finally vote yes on #marriageequality it's a g'day for Australia!! @supanovaexpo" It's just not what I was expecting from a country singer/tough guy actor, but it reminded me how mainstream support for marriage equality really is now.
I am thankful for how the world has changed for the better for queer people, and I had three things remind me of that recently in a way that are a contrast to both the unrelenting tales of horror I'm trying to stop constantly reading and the DADT-era GK fic it's probably time to stop re-reading constantly.
1. Last month I saw Bebe Rexha in concert in Sacramento (which was amazing and wonderful). Because of where I was in the venue and because I wasn't in a hurry, the floor was half-empty by the time I started making my way toward the exit. There were two men in the middle of the empty part of the floor kissing. No one was paying them any attention, like it was totally normal.
2. A gay, divorced (from his ex-husband) college friend narrated some sort of anniversary of the Marine Corps founding event at his overseas State Department post, which is a sentence I couldn't have ever imagined being able to type.
3. The first thing I saw about the results of Australia's marriage equality postal survey was a Facebook post from Christian Kane where he said, "Pretty great to be in Australia on the day they finally vote yes on #marriageequality it's a g'day for Australia!! @supanovaexpo" It's just not what I was expecting from a country singer/tough guy actor, but it reminded me how mainstream support for marriage equality really is now.
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