Several parents have recently shared personal stories on why tomorrow’s election will have momentous consequences for LGBTQ families, among others. Have a read.
- In “‘I Love You, But…’: What Your Trump Vote Tells My Family,” playwright, novelist, and dad David Valdes Greenwood writes, “I am a Latino son of an immigrant and a gay dad to daughter of African-American descent. To unpack how much Trump has said about facets of our lives is to stroll through a daily litany of mockery and dismissal. And when I look at what he has promised to do once elected, I see that we are a target.”
- “An Open Letter To Trump Voters From A Mom” Jen Bauer of Adventurousmoms.com says, “Making America Great Again is something I desperately do not want, because to us it means going back to a time when our marriage was not legal, and our kids could be taken away from us because we are gay.”
- For my own part, I shared why I feel it is important to be out and supporting the candidate who supports our families through her support for LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, immigrant rights, the rights of people of color, and gun control. I explained why I feel Hillary Clinton has the knowledge and temperament to be president.
- I also tried to find some lessons for my son in an election that has brought to the fore racism, sexism, and name-calling to a degree rarely seen even in presidential politics.
- Finally, Edie Windsor is not a parent, but her U.S. Supreme Court case brought down the core of the Defense of Marriage Act, and hers is a voice worth hearing. She says of Hillary, in “An Open Letter to the LGBT Community On the Eve of the 2016 Election,” “She has spoken out against the bullying of LGBT kids, will prohibit conversion therapy nationwide, and has worked to make it easier for LGBT couples to adopt.”
Go vote tomorrow, if you haven’t voted early. Vote for your family, for all LGBTQ families, and for all the families of any type for whom a Trump presidency would mean inequality and oppression, and a Clinton presidency would preserve the gains we’ve made and move us forward to more.
